Legal Opinion
Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1976No. 74-2856PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
(Opinion 1/7/76, 5 Cir., 1976, 525 F.2d 927)
GEE, Circuit Judge:
On rehearing we conclude that we erred in limiting reversal and remand to Mrs. Conway’s judgment and affirming those of the other plaintiffs. All judgments are before us for review, and the erroneous refusal of the district court to permit impeachment of Mrs. Conway’s testimony appears to us, on reconsideration, to infect all recoveries equally. She was a material witness on both liability and all damages issues, those material to the awards recovered by the other plaintiffs as well as her own. As to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Compton v. JayTexas Supreme Court · 1965
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