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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1165

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Kristina A. Meadows, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Travis J. Rudisill *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: October 14, 2005

Filed: December 22, 2005

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Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, LAY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM. 

 In this diversity case, plaintiff Kristina A. Meadows appeals, asserting that the

jury verdict for defendant is not supported by sufficient evidence and that the district

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 should have granted judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, a new

trial. As to the sufficiency of a verdict based on Missouri law, this court reverses only

in the complete absence of probative facts to support it. See Joel Bianco Kawasaki

Plus v. Meramec Valley Bank, 81 S.W.3d 528, 537 (Mo. banc 2002); National

American Insurance Co. v. Hogan, 173 F.3d 1097, 1103 (8th Cir. 1999)(review of a

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jury verdict in a diversity case, applies the same standard as used by the state where

the district court sits). As to the after-trial rulings, when the verdict is attacked as

against the weight of the evidence, this court gives great deference to the district

court's rulings. See Shaffer v. Wilkes, 65 F.3d 115, 118 (8th Cir. 1995). Having

carefully reviewed the record and applicable law in this two-vehicle, rear-end collision

case, this court concludes that the evidence in support of the verdict is not insufficient,

and no error of law appears. AFFIRMED. See 8 th Cir. R. 47B.

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