Legal Opinion
Kenneth Edgar, D/B/A Defense Surplus Sales Expeditors v. William J. Slaughter, D/B/A Champlin Food & Fuel Center, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1977No. 76-1602PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Kenneth Edgar appeals the dismissal by the district court of his complaint and the entry of a default judgment on defendants’ counterclaim pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2) for failure to comply with an order requiring answers to certain interrogatories. We find the dismissal and the entry of the default judgment to be erroneous and reverse.
This diversity suit involves a claim for loss of use and property damages arising from the alleged negligent conduct of the defendant in allowing plaintiff’s 1966 Mack tractor-trailer unit to go over an embankment. The…
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- Paris Reizakis v. Albert E. LoyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
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