HOROWITZ v. SCHNEIDER NAT., INC.

No. C88-0100J.

708 F.Supp. 1573 (1989)

Irving J. HOROWITZ, as administrator and personal representative of the Estates of Bruce S. Horowitz, Catherine O. Horowitz, and Michael A. Brandon Horowitz, Deceased, for and on Behalf of Brian Scott Horowitz, Plaintiff, v. SCHNEIDER NATIONAL, INC., a Nevada corporation, Schneider National Leasing, a Nevada corporation, Schneider National Carriers, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Schneider Transport, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and Schneider Tank Lines, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Wyoming.

March 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy, Williams, White & Argeris, Cheyenne, Wyo., for plaintiff.

Branney, Hillyard, Kudla & Lee, Englewood, Colo., Sullivan and Zunker, Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendants.


ORDER ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT RELATING TO PUNITIVE DAMAGES

JOHNSON, District Judge.

Conflict of Laws

In diversity actions, a federal district court must apply the substantive law of the state in which it sits. Vandeventer v. Four Corners Electric Company, Inc., 663 F.2d 1016, 1017 (10th Cir.1981) (citations omitted). In determining the applicable substantive law, courts use that state's conflict-of-laws...

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