Legal Opinion
Gray v. Martindale Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1975No. 74-1016PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
Gray seeks to recover damages for an extremely severe injury to his spinal cord resulting in paralysis of both his arms and legs,1 which occurred when a number of boards fell on him as he was attempting to unload his truck-trailer loaded with “oil field board road lumber.” 2
*1219Gray, a 28-year-old truck driver, had been employed by Sears Truck Line, Inc. for about two months when he was directed to pick up a load of board road lumber at the Martindale Lumber Company’s mill in Jasper, Texas.3 The boards were loaded from stacks of fifty, five wide and ten high. The testimony…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Ross v. BernhardSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Simler v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Adam G. Nunez v. The Superior Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Isaac B. Mitchell v. Fruehauf Corporation and Fruehauf Corporation D/B/A Hobbs Trailers DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Cantieri Navali Riuniti v. M/V SKYPTRONDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1985
- Martindale Lumber Company v. Bituminous Casualty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Charles F. Gray v. Martindale Lumber Company, Jack Martindale and Wilmer Martindale, Northwestern National Insurance Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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