Legal Opinion
Verline Oliver, Administratrix of the Estate of Rembert Marshall Oliver v. Southern Railway Company and General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 29, 1972No. 71-2005PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant’s decedent was killed when, on May 30, 1968, the unloaded 1967 General Motors Corporation flat bed truck he was driving west on Virginia Route 661 collided with the Southern Railway Company freight train engine proceeding north through the grade crossing located north of Manassas, Virginia. Appellant, decedent’s wife and administratrix of his estate, brought a diversity suit in the District Court for wrongful death under applicable Virginia law, Va.Code Ann. § 8-633 et seq. (Michie Supp. 1972), alleging in her amended complaint that Southern, by its negligence, and General Motors,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Kendall v. Gore Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- William T. Muldrow v. Virginia Warren Daly, James C. Toomey v. Virginia Warren Daly, Sinclair Refining Company v. Virginia Warren DalyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Vahlco Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Franchi Construction Co., Inc. v. Combined Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Thompson v. Shoe World, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Perfit v. PerfitDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1988
- Franchi Construction Co., Inc. v. Combined Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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