Legal Opinion
Powers v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 8, 1940No. 290PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff under § 5113 of the Public Laws of Vermont which makes the driver of a motor car liable to a “guest occupant” of the car only in case he has been guilty of “gross or wilful negligence” in its operation. The statute is of a not infrequent kind, and the phrase “gross negligence” has naturally occasioned difficulty here as it has elsewhere. Sorrell v. White, 103 Vt. 277, 153 A. 359; Shaw v. Moore, 104 Vt. 529, 162 A. 373, 86 A.L.R. 1139; Steele v. Lackey, 107 Vt. 192, 177 A. 309; Kelley v. Anthony, Vt., 8 A.2d 641. It is doubtful whether the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Shaw, Admr. v. MooreSupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
- Miller v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Sorrell v. WhiteSupreme Court of Vermont · 1931
- Pettingill v. FullerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Werthan Bag Corp. v. Agnew. Agnew v. Werthan Bag CorpCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Conway v. O'BRIENCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Armit v. LovelandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
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