Legal Opinion
Kayo Oil Company and Max Cook v. Annette Sammons
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1963No. 19770PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeVANE, District Judge.
Annette Sammons, appellee, instituted a wrongful death action under Section 768.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Tampa Division, against Kayo Oil Company, a corporation, and Max Cook, an employee of Kayo, appellants. Appellee claimed that her husband met his death in a motor vehicle accident through the negligence of appellant Cook while operating a tractor-trailer owned by appellant Kayo. Federal jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship of the parties.
By answer appellants denied…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. BayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Railway Co. v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Morgan v. Sun Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. BanionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Arnett Alexander and Walworth Trucking Corp. v. Kramer Bros. Freight Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Reyes v. Wyeth LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Billy Ray Delancey v. Motichek Towing Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Walter Jaconski v. Avisun Corporation and W. v. Pangborne & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- United States v. John RuppelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- William C. Richardson v. Mike HenryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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