STEELE v. ARMOUR & CO.

No. 77-1694.

583 F.2d 393 (1978)

Robert J. STEELE et al., Appellants, v. ARMOUR AND COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Tamulonis, Kightlinger, Young, Gray & DeTrude, Indianapolis, Ind. (argued), Aribert L. Young and Howard J. DeTrude, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., on brief, for appellants.

John L. Oliver, Jr., Oliver, Oliver & Jones, P. C., Cape Girardeau, Mo., argued and on brief, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 18, 1978.

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

The case presented arises out of an automobile accident. It comes to the federal courts under our diversity jurisdiction.1 On May 26, 1975, a tractor-trailer collided with a van carrying plaintiff, Robert J. Steele, and his family. Steele was rendered a paraplegic, his wife was killed, and his son was seriously injured. Three separate actions...

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