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BAMMERLIN v. NAVISTAR INTERN. TRANSP. CORP.

No. 93-3369.

30 F.3d 898 (1994)

Billy D. BAMMERLIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Groves, Hardig, Lee & Groves, Edward A. Chapleau (argued), Farabaugh & Chapleau, South Bend, IN, for plaintiff-appellee.

John A. Rupp, Ann L. Gibson, Coffield, Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, IL, Daniel J. Palmer, Thomas W. Belleperche, Hunt, Suedhoff, Borror & Eilbacher, Fort Wayne, IN, Edward A. Gray (argued), Mount Laurel, NJ, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Driving a loaded tractor-trailer weighing 20 tons, Billy Bammerlin struck the right rear corner of another rig at approximately 25 miles per hour. The left half of Bammerlin's cab decelerated rapidly; pushed by the weight of the trailer, the right half of the tractor (which was not in contact with the other vehicle) pivoted away. The cab disintegrated. Bammerlin wound up on the ground with serious injuries, which have three possible explanations...

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