Legal Opinion
Young v. Aeroil Products Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1957No. 15363PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This was an action for wrongful death based on diversity of citizenship.1 It was tried by the District Court sitting without a jury. Plaintiffs, all citizens of the State of Texas, are the widow and minor children of Herbert "Weldon Young, deceased, who met a tragic and violent death on March 3, 1954, when a portable elevator collapsed as it was being prepared for removal from a housebuilding job in Los Angeles County.
Some description of the parties named, and those before the Court, seems essential.
The elevator had been manufactured by Sam Mulkey Co., Inc., a Missouri…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.California Supreme Court · 1944
- Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co.California Supreme Court · 1954
- Buckley v. ChadwickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Gregory v. White Truck & Equipment Co., Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1975
- Joseph Mazzi v. Greenlee Tool Co. And Greenlee Bros. & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Corp. of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints v. CavanaughCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
- Colorado Milling and Elevator Company, a Corporation v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Siebrand v. Eyerly Aircraft CompanyDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1961
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