Legal Opinion
Magenau v. Ætna Freight Lines, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 27, 1957No. Civ. A. No. 433PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, District Judge.
This diversity case was tried to a jury. Norman Ormsbee, Jr., was found dead about 11:20 P.M. on March 20, 1956 at the bottom of a winding S-curve near a wrecked tractor-trailer owned by Daniel Fidler and leased to defendant Aetna Freight Lines, Inc., and operated by it under its interstate commerce commission motor carrier certificate. So far as the evidence in this case shows, decedent was last seen alive as he entered the cab of the tractor between five and six P.M. of the same afternoon.
*877Decedent was born July 29, 1935, and thus was not yet 21 years of age at the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Marsh v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Kasanovich v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Shafer v. Lacock, Hawthorn & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Lebeck v. William A. Jarvis, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Magee v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Magenau v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Magenau v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Magenau v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959