Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Otis
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 7, 1961No. Civ. A. No. 5413-54PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
The basis of this suit is a prior action for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident that occurred in September, 1954. In that action defendant, Theodore Otis, was found liable to plaintiffs in the sum of $3,500. On alternative motion for judgment N.O.V. or new trial, this amount was reduced to $1,750. The modified judgment was subsequently affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the *2District of Columbia. Thomas v. Otis, 104 U.S.App.D.C. 343, 262 F.2d 232 (1958).
At the time of the accident there existed a valid and subsisting automobile liability policy…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rushing v. Commercial Casualty InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- State Automobile Mut. Ins. Co. of Columbus v. YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
- Polito v. GalluzzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- John Alt Furniture Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Ida Mae Beam, Pearl Cabble, William Thompson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by5 opinions
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