MUSGRAVE v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

Nos. 73-1283, 73-1284.

493 F.2d 224 (1974)

Robert MUSGRAVE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Robert MUSGRAVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROCESS ENGINEERING, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Komyatte, Hammond, Ind., William N. Anthony, Chicago, Ill., for Musgrave.

Elmer F. Slovacek, Francis D. Morrissey, Caryl P. Bonotto, Chicago, Ill., for Union Carbide & Process Eng.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, District Judge.


CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Union Carbide Corporation appeals from a jury verdict for plaintiff Robert Musgrave in a negligence action involving personal injuries sustained when the hitch connecting a mobile nitrogen converter trailer to the tractor which Musgrave was driving sheared off, causing the trailer to strike the tractor. On appeal, Union Carbide asserts that Musgrave failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove that Union Carbide committed...

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