Legal Opinion
Phyllis Sosa, Dennis Sosa and Alicia Sosa Sierra v. Melvin G. Coleman, Sheriff of Orange County, or His Successor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1981No. 80-5310PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLGOOD, District Judge:
Appellants seek this court’s reversal of the district court’s dismissal of their complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Because we find that the district court erred in determining proximate cause as a matter of law, we reverse the judgment of the district court.
Phyllis Sosa, as widow, and Dennis Sosa and Alicia Sosa Sierra, as children, of Abelardo Sosa brought suit against defendant Coleman on June 17, 1976 for wrongful death. The complaint alleged that Coleman, as Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, was charged with the duty of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ricky D. Hitt, Kathleen Hitt and Charlott Cross v. The City of Pasadena and John Ray Harrison, Individually and as Mayor of PasadenaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Gibson v. Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1980
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Supreme Court of State of La.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- In Re Catfish Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1993
- Rubin v. JohnsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
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