Legal Opinion
Turner v. Southern Railway Co.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 26, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 11425PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
The court is presented with motions for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure filed by both plaintiff and defendant in this personal injury action.
On the night of September 13, 1967, plaintiff was a passenger in the front seat of an automobile driving northbound on Interstate 75-85, hereinafter called the South Expressway. While driving under defendant’s railway bridge, a heavy metal object, called an angle bar, fell from the bridge through the front windshield of the car and struck the plaintiff. According to plaintiff, he was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Rollestone v. Cassirer & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- American Airlines, Inc. v. Ulen (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. TateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Spires v. GoldbergCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Willie Turner v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971