ABRAHAMSEN v. TRANS-STATE EXP., INC.

No. 95-3352.

92 F.3d 425 (1996)

James M. ABRAHAMSEN; James M. Abrahamsen, Executor of the Estate of Gloria Jean Abrahamsen, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TRANS-STATE EXPRESS, INC.; Ronald E. Reagan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Rinear (argued), Droder & Miller, Cincinnati, OH, Thomas A. Mack (briefed), Cincinnati, OH, Kent O. Stewart, Indianapolis, IN, for James M. Abrahamsen.

Philip John Marsick, Jr. (argued and briefed), McCaslin, Imbus & McCaslin, Cincinnati, OH, for Trans-State Express, Inc., Ronald E. Reagan.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge, and JONES and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


MERRITT, Chief Judge.

Defendants appeal from the District Court's order granting Plaintiffs' motion for relief from judgment. In this diversity negligence case, Defendants were found seventy percent liable for an accident in which Defendant Reagan (who was employed as a truck driver by Trans-State Express) hit a car which was parked by the side of the highway, killing Gloria Jean Abrahamsen. Reagan testified that he had swerved to the right, hitting the car, because...

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