JUDGE v. PILOT OIL CORP.

No. 98-3369.

205 F.3d 335 (2000)

Patricia JUDGE and Thomas Judge, Heirs of David M. Judge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PILOT OIL CORPORATION, Industrial Security Management, doing business as ISM, Incorporated, and Quentin E. Pops, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin W. Kus (argued), Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LaPorte, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathryn D. Schmidt (argued), Burke, Murphy, Costanza & Cuppy, Merrillville, IN, James Scott McMahon, Stellato & Schwartz, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

On March 12, 1995, Quentin E. Pops, a security guard employed by Industrial Security Management (ISM), allegedly shot and killed David Judge at a Gary, Indiana, truck stop. After the fatal attack, David's parents, Patricia and Thomas, filed a wrongful death claim against Pilot Oil, ISM, and Quentin E. Pops arguing that, under Indiana's choice-of-law rules, Utah law should control the issue of damages because: 1) their son was a resident and...

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