Legal Opinion
Burl D. Pilgrim and Martha Pilgrim v. Fortune Drilling Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1981No. 80-1710PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
In this diversity case, defendant, Fortune Drilling Company, Inc., appeals an adverse judgment rendered after a jury trial, holding it both primarily and vicariously liable for the injuries of plaintiff, Burl D. Pilgrim, which were sustained when his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck owned and driven by Elbert Pillow, an employee of defendant. 1 We reverse.
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The accident which is the basis of this suit occurred on May 25, 1977, about two miles south of Sonora, Texas on U. S. Highway 277 at approximately 7:30 in the morning. Pillow, who was employed by Fortune as a…
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