Legal Opinion

Worthington Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Lease Management, Inc., a Michigan Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 9, 1965No. 15848PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a jury verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $118,777.90.1 The suit, brought under federal diversity jurisdiction, arose out of an explosion of a generator being installed by plaintiff on the premises of Wolverine Electric Cooperative. The explosion wrecked the generator and killed Lester Lewis, an employee of defendant. Plaintiff claimed (and the jury verdict must be read as agreeing) that defendant Lease Management, Inc.’s, negligence was a proximate cause of the explosion. Defendant Lease Management, Inc., appeals claiming, among…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van SteinburgMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Husted v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Gillett v. Michigan United Traction Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Monarch Insurance Company of Ohio v. May Spach, as Receiver for Ro-Ben, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Boyce E. Chumbler v. Marguerite Wallace McClure of the Estate of Dr. C. C. McClure Jr., and Ayerst LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
  2. Paula Jean Johnston and Kerrie Jean Johnston, an Infant, by Paula Jean Johnston, Her Guardian Ad Litem v. Pierce Packing Company and Thomas C. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  3. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, and Third-Party v. L. A. Barnaby and Howard Parker, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
  4. James Shouse v. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
  5. Paula Jean Johnston and Kerrie Jean Johnston, an Infant, by Paula Jean Johnston, Her Guardian Ad Litem v. Pierce Packing Company and Thomas C. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

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