Legal Opinion
Morman v. Standard Oil Co.
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided February 21, 1967No. Civ. No. 64-55WPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
BECK, District Judge.
These are two diversity suits, stemming from the same accident, predicated on different theories and for that reason, in the complaint as amended, presented as eight separate causes of action, but all actually in two main groups, one grounded on pain and suffering of Sophia Ferdig following an explosion which caused her death, the other statutory damages for such death. Damages sought in the first are for $1,000,000 and in the other $30,000.
Both are now before the court on motions to dismiss, one challenging the claim for personal injuries on the ground…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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