Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Freightliner Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1991No. 90-7092PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
During trial, the plaintiffs settled with one of the defendants, Trailmaster Tanks, Inc. (Trailmaster). As part of this settlement, Trailmaster assigned to the plaintiffs all its rights of contribution and/or indemnity against the third-party defendant, Betts Industries, Inc. (Betts). The district court granted Betts’s motion to dismiss on *41the ground that the settling defendant had no rights that could be assigned to the plaintiffs. Finding no error, we affirm.
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Dexter S. Jackson was killed when the truck he was driving struck a cow in the middle of a roadway and…
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