Legal Opinion
Burcham v. J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1954No. 6659PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
These are cross appeals in a motor vehicle collision case. The plaintiff in the court below was Herman S. Burcham, who was driving one of the motor vehicles involved in the collision, and the defendants were J. P. Stevens & Company, Incorporated, the owner of the other vehicle, and Clifford Dewey Lanier who was driving it. The plaintiff asked damages of the defendants on account of personal injuries sustained in the collision, which he claimed was due to the negligence of the defendants. The defendants denied negligence and claimed that the collision was due to the…
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