Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. Coca-Cola Company USA
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 7, 2001No. 2991113PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
The opinion of July 20, 2001, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.
On July 2, 1991, Jonie Whitaker, a tractor-trailer driver, was driving his "double-trailer rig" westbound on U.S. Highway 78, near Winfield. As he approached the old Mallard Creek Bridge,1 Whitaker noticed another tractor-trailer, driven by Clifton E. Edwards, in the eastbound lane. As Whitaker approached the bridge, it started raining and became very windy. Edwards's truck appeared to Whitaker to be moving erratically, and Whitaker anticipated that it might jackknife. In…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Bass v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF BALDWIN CTY.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Berner v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Ex Parte General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1999
- Lee v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
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3Cited by4 opinions
- SouthTrust Bank v. JONES, MORRISON, WOMACKCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Johnson v. ABF Freight System IncDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2020
- Martinson v. Crete Carrier CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2020
- Whitaker v. Coca-Cola Company USACourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2001