Legal Opinion

Mrs. Ruby Wright v. Redman Mobile Homes, Inc., and Mickey Earl Echols

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 4, 1976No. 76-2138PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

These are consolidated appeals from jury-verdicts rendered for defendants in a wrongful death action and a personal injury action, both of which arose out of a motor vehicle collision. Plaintiffs contend on appeal that the trial court committed error in (1) instructing the jury on the Georgia theory of unavoidable accident, and (2) excluding photographs showing a reconstruction of the collision scene.

The disputed duty charge is set forth, in part, as follows:

Likewise, if the injury and death were the result of an accident, unmixed and unconnected with any failure on…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Ware v. AlstonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  2. Everett v. CleggSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  3. Gordon v. GordonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. Meadows & Walker Drilling Company v. Phillips Petroleum CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. Pickering v. WagnonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Arthur Wayne Carson, Cross-Appellee v. Officer Polley, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. George A. Lies v. Farrell Lines, Inc. And Does One Through Ten, InclusiveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  3. United States v. S. Sam CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  4. Wagner v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  5. Daniel John Gaspard v. Diamond M. Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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