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GORLIKOWSKI v. TOLBERT

No. 94-3150.

52 F.3d 1439 (1995)

Marian GORLIKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard B. TOLBERT, II and J.W. Express, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Tyler, Friedrich, Bomberger, Tweedle & Blackmun, Highland, IN, Joseph A. Power, Jr., Thomas Michael Power (argued), Power, Rogers & Smith, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Eric L. Kirschner, Scott A. Bearby, Beckman, Kelly & Smith, Hammond, IN, Larry L. Chubb (argued), Valparaiso, IN, for defendants-appellants.

Before MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and NORGLE, District Judge.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

A jury awarded Marian Gorlikowski $1,425,000 for injuries received when a semitractor trailer driven by Richard B. Tolbert, II, for J.W. Express, Inc., struck Gorlikowski's vehicle. Tolbert and J.W. Express appeal, alleging that the jury was improperly instructed and that the verdict is excessive. We affirm.

I. Facts

On August 23, 1991, Gorlikowski was driving a tractor trailer down Interstate 65 toward Lafayette, Indiana,...

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