ADAM v. J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC.

Nos. 95-6680, 96-5003.

130 F.3d 219 (1997)

John E. ADAM, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Ann Adam, and Christopher Meyer, Guardian of the Estate of Rachel E. Adam, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC., and Larry F. Holbrooks, Defendants-Appellees, A.G. Carriers, Inc., and William H. Wood, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1997.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie W. Morris, II, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, KY, Patrick H. Boggs (argued and briefed), Joseph Anthony Gerling (briefed), Lane, Alton & Horst, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Benjamin L. Kessinger, Jr. (argued and briefed), Lee Kessinger, III (briefed), Stites & Harbison, Lexington, KY, Barry M. Miller (argued and briefed), Michael E. Liska (briefed), Fowler, Measle & Bell, Lexington, KY, for Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: KENNEDY, NELSON, and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity case that arose out of a multi-vehicle accident on an interstate highway in Lexington, Kentucky. The lawsuit was filed by or on behalf of John Adam, who suffered multiple head injuries; the estate of his wife, Ann Adam, who was killed; and the couple's six-year-old daughter, Rachel Adam, who sustained damages which a jury was to assess at $30,000.

Mr. Adam was hospitalized for ten days as...

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