Legal Opinion
Mark Trucks, Inc. v. Arrow Aluminum Castings Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1975No. 74--1441PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
On December 6, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, a truck manufactured by plaintiff-appellant Mack Trucks, Inc. (hereafter “Mack”) went out of control and struck a truck driven by Charles E. Slagle. Slagle suffered permanent brain damage and was totally disabled; a passenger in his truck was also injured. Four suits, none of which is involved in this appeal, were filed against Mack in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia: two by Slagle and his wife, one by the passenger, and one by the owner of the truck driven by Slagle. Mack settled these suits,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Gray v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Hayes v. IrwinDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1982
- Joseph J. Attwell and Arlene Attwell v. Lasalle National Bank, a National Banking Association, and George Epiney, Senior Vice PresidentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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