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SIMLER v. DUBUQUE PAINT EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC.

No. 18-3315.

942 F.3d 448 (2019)

Kelly SIMLER; Scott Simler Plaintiffs-Appellants. Linda J. Gartner Plaintiff v. DUBUQUE PAINT EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC.; Kim A. Ross; Roy G. Brice Defendants-Appellees. LM General Insurance Company; KLLM Transportation Services, Inc. Defendants. FFE Transportation Services, Inc. Defendant-Appellee. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 6, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Ryan Bradley , Patrick T. Hinrichs , BRADLEY LAW FIRM, Saint Louis, MO, Daniel P. Finney, III , DAN 3 FINNEY LAW, LLC, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant Kelly Simler, Scott Simler.

Scott Lee Kolker , Brent Labovitz , KOLKER & LABOVITZ, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff Linda J. Gartner.

Rebecca Guntli , Richard I. Woolf , BAKER & STERCHI, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Dubuque Paint Equipment Services, Inc., Kim A. Ross.

Christopher Michael Harper , John Lavelle Mullen , FRANKE & SCHULTZ, Kansas City, MO, Christopher Michael Sorenson , SHOOK & HARDY, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee Roy G. Brice.

David Arthur Boresi , FRANKE & SCHULTZ, Clayton, MO, Christopher Michael Harper , John Lavelle Mullen , FRANKE & SCHULTZ, Kansas City, MO, Christopher Michael Sorenson , SHOOK & HARDY, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee FFE Transportation Services, Inc.

Before KELLY, MELLOY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

This case presents a classic proximate-cause problem. Is a driver who causes an accident on a highway liable for a second one occurring in the traffic backup that follows? Applying Missouri law, we conclude that the answer is no based on the time and distance separating the two accidents, so we affirm the district court's

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