In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979. Appeals of American Airlines, Inc. And McDonnell Douglas Corporation

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• holding that the Federal Rules of Evidence apply to diversity cases
• evidence of decedent's income taxes that is relevant to a state's measure of damages in a wrongful death action is admissible under Fed.R.Evid. 402
• casual dicta of a state supreme court, as opposed to considered dicta, \has little precedential weight\
• measure of damages under Illinois' wrongful death statute, which also is based on Lord Campbell's Act, is the decedent's income less personal consumption expenses and taxes
• casual dicta of a state supreme court, as opposed to considered dicta, “has little precedential weight”
• evidence of decedent’s income taxes that is relevant to a state’s measure of damages in a wrongful death action is admissible under Fed.R.Evid. 402

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