Legal Opinion
Schneider National, Inc. v. Holland Hitch Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1992No. 91-44PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
URBIGKIT, Justice.
In the legal aftermath of a deadly accident along southern Wyoming’s Interstate 80, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified a number of questions of law to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Complex questions of the interrelationship between comparative negligence tort reform legislation, Wyo.Stat. § 1-1-109 (1988), and indemnity, an area of common law which the United States Court of Appeals considered nebulous, are before the court.
Initially, the questions presented require application of the controlling decision found in Phillips v. Duro-Last Roofing,…
2Cases cited82 opinions
- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Nga Li v. Yellow Cab Co.California Supreme Court · 1975
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Suvada v. White Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Gainsco Insurance Co. v. Amoco Production Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 2002
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