Legal Opinion
Ruth Crowder, Mother and Next Friend of Walter Paul Crowder and David Douglas Crowder, Minors v. Gordons Transports, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1969No. 19556_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
We are confronted here with the question whether a eovenant-not-to-sue settlement with one of two alleged joint tort-feasors bars a wrongful death action against the other when the amount paid for the covenant exceeds the wrongful death maximum specified by the statute of the state where the injury occurred. Somewhat to our surprise there is a paucity of precedent. Unfortunately, we were not favored with oral argument.
Walton W. Crowder, an Arkansas domiciliary and then age 40, died in Missouri on July 27, 1965, from injuries received that day in a collision between the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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