Legal Opinion
Monahan v. Flannery
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1985No. 83-2576PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Catherine Monahan, a road construction worker, was struck and killed by a car driven by Hilda Flannery. Ms. Monahan’s parents brought a wrongful death action and now appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Mrs. Flannery. They argue that the district court instructed the jury improperly, both as to Mona-han’s duty under the statutory rules of the road and as to Flannery’s duty to sound her horn upon approaching Monahan. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
Catherine Monahan, age 18, had recently begun working for the Monarch Construction…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- American Tobacco Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Alvord, Burdick & Howson and Dorr-Oliver, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Stewart v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Mumma v. Reading CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Henry L. Hardin v. Ski Venture, Incorporated, D/B/A Snowshoe Resort, a West Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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