Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Atlantic Greyhound Corp.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided July 2, 1943No. 175PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOVETT, District Judge.
The question now for decision in this; case may be stated this way. May an insurance carrier be joined as a defendant with a motor common carrier in a suit brought in Georgia by a passenger on an interstate journey for personal injuries *663caused by the carrier’s negligence in another state. The carrier had qualified with and obtained certificates to do both an interstate and intrastate business from the appropriate federal and state authorities.
The answer depends upon whether the Motor Carrier Act of Georgia1 is applicable. If it is, the insurance carrier is jointly…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- SC Hwy. Dept. v. Barnwell Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sprout v. South BendSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Russell v. BurroughsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Continental Casualty Co. v. ShankelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Watkins v. HO Croley GranaryDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1982
- Kimberly v. Bankers & Shippers InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
- Brown v. Transit Homes, Inc.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1982