Legal Opinion
Erskine Niel Bacon v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Central Surety & Insurance Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1967No. 23616PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNALLY, District Judge:
This is a personal injury action arising from an automobile accident that occurred on November 29, 1963, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Bacon, the plaintiff below, appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to a general verdict for the defendants rendered by a jury.
The facts are largely undisputed. The evidence shows that Bacon was driving his pickup truck in a westwardly direction on the Blanchard-Latex Road near Blanchard, Louisiana. As Bacon proceeded along the highway, he came upon a pickup truck owned by the Kansas City Southern Railway Company and being driven by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Pearson B. Garrett, Jr. v. Ellis Campbell, Jr., District Director of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Company and Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Wilbur O. Bern v. Cedric A. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Betty Bush and Her Husband, Eddie Bush v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Doucet v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- Mealey v. Slaton Machinery Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Fontenot v. PepitoneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
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