GIBSON v. GARY HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 83-3306.

754 F.2d 205 (1985)

Theresa GIBSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GARY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellant, Gulf Insurance Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Davis, W. Henry Walker & Assoc., East Chicago, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

T. Sherman McClean, Stults, Custer, Kutansky & McClean, Gary, Ind., Albert C. Hand, Hand, Muenich & Wilk, Highland, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge and BAUER, Circuit Judge, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 5, 1985.

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

Appellant, Gary Housing Authority (GHA), appeals from a judgment entered by a United States magistrate1 upon a jury verdict for two million dollars in a diversity action for damages by reason of serious injury to Theresa Gibson, a minor, caused by a fire allegedly resulting from an unsafe electrical outlet in an apartment rented by Theresa's...

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