Legal Opinion
Marquetta Ann Jackson, Administratrix of the Estate of Jerry Ray Jackson, Deceased v. Shell Oil Company, James Norman Wilmoth v. Shell Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1968No. 18254, 18255PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse jury verdict after trial before the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Plaintiffs are the personal representatives and survivors of two of the four persons who were killed in a strange and tragic accident on December 4, 1965, on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. The accident occurred at 12:55 a. m. on Interstate Highway 240, which bounds the perimeter of Memphis. The accident was triggered by drifting ground fog. On the same night between 10:15 p. m. and midnight there were 35 accidents on the same…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- West Construction Co. v. WhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Main Street Transfer & Storage Co. v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Virginia Ave. Coal Co. v. BaileyTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
- Halfacre v. HartTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- Lewis v. Dixie-Portland Flour Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Security Land Co. v. TouliatosTennessee Supreme Court · 1986
- Hickory Specialties, Inc. v. Forest Flavors International, Inc.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1998
- Diazo Service Co. v. Redmond (In Re Diazo Service Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1992
- Cantrell v. Gaf CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
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