United States Sixth Circuit

Plaintiff unsuccessfully appeals a jury finding that the pickup truck in which she was injured was not defective. Adding the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a party did not destroy the district court's subject-matter jurisdiction; the court properly ruled that evidence relating to drug and alcohol use went to the weight of plaintiff's testimony about her seat belt use the night of the accident.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2004
• Published 01/13/2004

Judges

• Before MERRITT, GILMAN, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas E. Carroll (briefed), Lance W. Turner (argued and briefed), Carroll Law Offices, Monticello, Kentucky, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles E. English, Jr. (argued and briefed), David W. Anderson (briefed), English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for Appellees.