WATKINS v. HAND

No. 76-1644.

557 F.2d 636 (1977)

Robert E. WATKINS, Appellee, v. James Richard HAND, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Rowen, Miller & Rowen, Omaha, Neb., on brief for appellant.

Warren C. Schrempp, Schrempp & McQuade, Omaha, Neb., for appellee; Richard E. Shugrue and Thomas G. McQade, Omaha, Neb., on brief.

Before LAY and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, District Judge.


REGAN, District Judge.

In this diversity action governed by Nebraska law, plaintiff recovered judgment for $25,000 for loss of consortium and for medical expenses incurred in the treatment of his wife's injuries.

On December 15, 1971, Cheryl Watkins, plaintiff's spouse, sustained injuries in a violent automobile collision admittedly caused by defendant's negligence in driving through a red light. Her major injury was diagnosed as a cervical-dorsal strain accompanied...

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