Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Woods
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1999No. 97-60067PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Aistine Wilson challenges the district court’s refusal to qualify her expert witness as an accident reconstruetionist. Finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
This case arose out of an automobile collision in which Joseph D. Woods, an 18-wheel truck driver employed by MCC Transportation Company, struck appellant’s automobile as it proceeded forward after stopping at a highway intersection near Yazoo City, Mississippi. Wilson sued the appellees in the Circuit Court of Yazoo County and appellees removed the case…
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