GORBY v. SCHNEIDER TANK LINES, INC.

No. 82-1579.

741 F.2d 1015 (1984)

Edith GORBY, Guardian of the Person and Estate of Dennis L. Gorby and Edith Gorby, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHNEIDER TANK LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Mayer, Spangler, Jennings, Spangler & Dougherty, P.C., Merrillville, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Timothy F. Kelly, Beckman, Kelly & Smith, Robert F. Parker, Hammond, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Before PELL and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Gorby was severely injured when defendant-appellant's semi-tanker truck collided with his vehicle at an Indiana highway intersection in the late evening of October 5, 1977. Gorby's wife, acting individually and in her capacity as guardian of her husband's person and estate, brought this diversity action seeking compensation for her loss of consortium and for her husband's personal injuries. The case was tried to a jury, which found against...

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