Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 10, 1982, Nos. 81-2693, 81-2927 (Rosquist v. Soo Line Railroad)

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This consolidated appeal challenges the District Court’s award of attorneys’ fees in an accident case tried in that court under its diversity jurisdiction. In October 1975 Norie Rosquist and her two children, Nina and Edward, Jr., were in an automobile as it was struck by a Soo Line Railroad train. Norie Rosquist was killed, Nina was very seriously injured, and Edward, Jr.