Legal Opinion
Starns v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1974No. Nos. 73-1767 and 73-1768PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.
On July 14, 1969, W. W. Starns and Robert W. Burney, his passenger, were killed when Starns’ Volkswagen collided with a school bus, owned by Benton Jones and driven by his employee, Samuel Garst. The school bus, operated as part of a wheat-harvesting convoy, had been heading north from Kansas into Nebraska with a trailer carrying a combine header in tow. As the bus traveled north on Highway 61 in Perkins County, Nebraska, it approached the intersection of Highway 23 which was protected by stop signs. Garst had attempted to brake as he neared the signs but both his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Davis v. DennertNebraska Supreme Court · 1956
- Belik v. WarsockiNebraska Supreme Court · 1934
- Roby v. AukerNebraska Supreme Court · 1948
- Egenberger v. National Alfalfa Dehydrating & Milling Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1957
- Huston v. RobinsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bourke v. WattsNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- Joel W. Martin v. City of New Orleans and David MichellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Joel W. Martin v. City of New Orleans and David MichellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Leberta Starns, Administratrix of the Estate of W. W. Starns, A/K/A Jim Starns, Deceased v. Benton Jones and Samuel L. Garst, Alice Jean Burney, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert W. Burney, Deceased v. Benton Jones and Samuel L. GarstCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974