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CONKRIGHT v. BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA, INC.

No. G 78-83 CA 6.

496 F.Supp. 147 (1980)

Philomene CONKRIGHT, Plaintiff v. BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA, INC., Ballantyne Instruments & Electronics, Inc. (former name). M. E. BOATMAN CO., INC., Defendant and Cross-Plaintiff, v. BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA, INC., Defendant and Cross-Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

August 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. VanLeuven, McCroskey, Libner, VanLeuven, Kortering, & Cochrane, Muskegon, Mich., for plaintiff.

David R. Munroe, Landman, Luyendyk, Latimer, Clink & Robb, Muskegon, Mich., for defendant Ballantyne.

Don V. Souter, Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant Boatman.

OPINION

MILES, Chief Judge.

This matter presents an example of the difficulties involved in interpreting prior decisional and statutory law of the State of Michigan so as to accommodate the adoption of a pure comparative negligence system.1 Since, under the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938), this Court must in diversity cases apply...

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