Legal Opinion
Maxey v. Freightliner Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1982No. 78-2301PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The Maxeys1 brought this action against Freightliner Corporation to recover actual and exemplary damages resulting from the deaths of Billy and Dee Maxey, who were killed when a fuel tank on a truck tractor manufactured by Freightliner ruptured and ignited. Following a jury trial, the district court entered judgment for $150,000 in favor of the Maxey children on the jury’s finding that the fuel system manufactured by Freightliner was defectively designed, but set aside the jury’s verdict for $10,000,-000 in exemplary damages, which was based on the jury’s finding…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Burk Royalty Co. v. WallsTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Alamo National Bank v. KrausTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,872 Lila A. Miley v. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., Anthony L. Geller and John W. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by74 opinions
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Robert Barnett, Cross-Appellant v. The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Mrs. Dorothy L. Kelly, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Farpella-Crosby v. Horizon Health CareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Beatrice Mae Hansen v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Elliott v. Group Medical & Surgical ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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