OWEN v. PATTON

No. 90-1904.

925 F.2d 1111 (1991)

Matthew P. OWEN, Appellant, v. Donald PATTON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton B. Roberts, Farmington, Mo., for appellant.

Mary Schroeder, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before BEAM, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOODS, District Judge.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Matthew P. Owen brought this personal injury action based on diversity of citizenship against Donald Patton, the owner of Papa Don's tavern, a young adults' hangout on a highway near Farmington, Missouri. Owen claimed that an employee of the tavern, one Brian McGee, inflicted severe blows to Owen's head at approximately midnight on January 2, 1987. In his complaint, Owen alleged that the battery occurred in the scope of McGee's employment...

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