SHROPSHIRE v. LAIDLAW TRANSIT, INC.

Nos. 07-1650, 07-1749.

550 F.3d 570 (2008)

Livonia SHROPSHIRE, individually and as next friend of Hannah Shropshire, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAIDLAW TRANSIT, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Larry Bennett, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. Daniel S. Saylor, Garan Lucow Miller, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Larry Bennett, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. Daniel S. Saylor, Garan Lucow Miller, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before NORRIS, ROGERS, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

In this personal injury action, Livonia Shropshire brought suit against defendant Laidlaw Transit, Inc., on behalf of her daughter, Hannah,1 for injuries sustained in an automobile accident that occurred when she was five years old. Because our jurisdiction is premised on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, we apply state substantive...

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