Legal Opinion

Johnny L. Turlington, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Intervenor-Appellant v. Phillips Petroleum Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 25, 1986No. 84-2614PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial of their personal injury claims brought in this Texas diversity suit, plaintiffs-appellants, injured employees of Crown Central Petroleum Company (“Crown Central”), and intervenor-ap-pellant, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, appeal a jury verdict for defendant-appellee Phillips Petroleum Company (“Phillips”), claiming errors in the district court’s instructions to the jury. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

During the 1930’s, Phillips developed a chemical process to produce “alkylates,” the end result of a chemical process whereby…

2Cases cited42 opinions

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  3. Wyeth Laboratories v. ReyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Acord v. General Motors Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by28 opinions

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