Legal Opinion
Hildur Clarkson and John L. Clarkson, Her Husband v. Hertz Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1959No. 17414_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendant, an automobile rental company, in a suit for damages to the wife of the renter resulting from an alleged defect in the rented car.
The pleadings, motions, interrogatories and depositions before the court when it granted the motion, stated most strongly for the appellant, showed:
Mrs. Clarkson and her husband were driving at a proper speed, 45 to 50 miles an hour along a good highway from Fort Myers towards Naples, Florida, in a rented current model Oldsmobile automobile, which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Loretta A. Laird, Helen v. Laird and Eagle Star Insurance Company, Limited v. Air Carrier Engine Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Matthews v. Lawnlite CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Blanton v. the Cudahy Packing CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1944
- Lenora Gorman Smith v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey v. Robbins Coal Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Brookshire v. Florida Bendix Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Eunice Edna Necaise, Substituted as Administratrix of the Estate of Willard L. Necaise, Deceased v. The Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Vandercook and Son, Inc. v. George F. Thorpe, in His Own Right and for the Use and Benefit of Standard Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Hertz Corporation v. GozaMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
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