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BRITTON v. SWIFT TRANSP. CO., INC.

No. 96-4216.

127 F.3d 616 (1997)

Richard BRITTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Barry Marker (argued), Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy & Glass, East St. Louis, IL, Stephen M. Tillery, Carr Korein, Belleville, IL, Christine J. Moody, Carr Korein, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Timothy S. Richards (argued), Ellen M. Edmonds, Neville, Richards, Defranco & Wuller, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

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

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

On October 8, 1993, Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Britton, an Illinois state trooper, was injured in an automobile accident involving a truck owned by Defendant-Appellant Swift Transportation Company and driven by one of its employees. He sued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, and (after considerable discovery) trial was scheduled for August 5, 1996.

In April 1996, Britton, who had returned to...

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