Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Company v. Wallace H. Tomlinson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1956No. 12322_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity of citizenship case Wallace H. Tomlinson was awarded damages by a district court jury for personal injuries he sustained while working as a painter in a plant under construction on the defendant Ford Motor Company’s' property near Cleveland, Ohio. 1 The plaintiff was an employee of an independent painting contractor at the time he was injured. Even if all factual issues are resolved in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant contends it is not liable for his injuries under the law of Ohio, and that the district judge was in error in submitting the case…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hillyer v. City of East ClevelandOhio Supreme Court · 1951
- Dudley K. Terry, and Thomas K. Terry, by His Father and Next Friend, Dudley K. Terry v. Memphis Stone and Gravel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
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