Legal Opinion

Joseph Gallo, Jr. v. Hubert R. Crocker and T. C. Parks, D/B/A Parks Auto Sales and Rubin H. McCrory

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 20, 1963No. 20113PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the successful plaintiff in a personal injury suit against one of two defendants complaining that the trial court deprived him of the right to have the jury pass on whether there was joint liability by the two named defendants. Appellant obtained a jury verdict, and therefore a judgment, against the defendant McCrory, after the trial court directed the jury that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict either again McCrory or against Crocker, but not against both of them.

The action followed an automobile accident in which five automobiles were involved,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Indamer Corporation v. C. H. CrandonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
  2. Mississippi Cent. R. v. RobertsMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Morrell Packing Co. v. BranningMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Riechman-Crosby Co. v. DinwiddieMississippi Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Soderbeck v. Burnett CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Arline M. Soderbeck v. Burnett County, Wisconsin Robert Kellberg, Individually and as Sheriff of Burnett County and Lowell Nelson, Eugene Wellman, and Carl A. Brandenburg, and Arline M. Soderbeck v. Burnett County, Wisconsin, and Robert Kellberg, Individually and as Sheriff of Burnett CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Oberlin v. Marlin American Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  4. Wasily Dazenko v. James Hunter MacHine CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
  5. Howard v. General Motors CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1968

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