Annette Rush, as Natural Mother of Johnathan Rush, a Minor v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, AKA Canadian National-Illinois Central Railroad

OPINION

ECONOMUS, District Judge.

I. OVERVIEW

This appeal arises from a diversity action brought by the plaintiff-appellant, Annette Rush, following her nine-year-old son’s fall from a railcar owned and operated by the defendant-appellee, Illinois Central Railroad Company (“CN-IC”). The plaintiff-appellant challenges the district court’s denial of her motion for new trial following a jury verdict awarded in favor of CN-IC. She advances four arguments on appeal: (1) the district court erroneously admitted into evidence at trial the prior statements of two witnesses and audio recordings of those…