United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for appeal of a judgment in a tort case involving a collision between a teenage driver exceeding the speed limit and a U.S. government employee is granted where the premature notices of appeal took effect when the real final judgment was entered, but the judgment is affirmed where the district court's determination of the percentages of blame was not clearly erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/23/2006
• Decided 03/20/2006
• Published 03/20/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric J. Haag (argued), Gingras, Cates & Luebke, Madison, WI., Ann C. Emmerich, Bell, Gierhart & Moore, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony D. Conlin, Peterson, Johnson & Murray, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Stephen Ehlke (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.