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SURLES EX REL. JOHNSON v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.

Nos. 05-6713, 05-6743.

474 F.3d 288 (2007)

Sharon SURLES, by next friend Jayneice JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kent L. Jones, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Andrew L. Berke, Berke, Berke & Berke, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John W. Bonds, Jr., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Andrew L. Berke, Berke, Berke & Berke, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jodi J. Aamodt, Jacobs, Manual & Kain, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Appellee.

Before MOORE and CLAY, Circuit Judges; BELL, Chief District Judge.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Greyhound Lines, Inc., appeals from the district court's judgment awarding $8 million in compensatory damages to Plaintiff, Sharon Surles, for injuries sustained while a passenger on one of Defendant's buses. Plaintiff cross appeals from the district court's orders limiting discovery and granting in part Defendant's motion in limine to limit the admissibility of prior incident reports. For the reasons that follow...

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