Legal Opinion
Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1980No. 77-2533PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal represents the second appearance of this case before our court, 1 and there have been three trials below — one of them unnecessary, as we here conclude. It is a death action having its genesis in the early morning hours of September 14, 1972, when two heavy tank trucks sideswiped each other near the centerline of an East Texas highway. One, that of Dixie Transport, lost its left front tire in the glancing impact and veered off the road to the left, overturning and killing its driver, appellees’ decedent.
A jury trial in 1974 resulted in a judgment for plaintiffs-appellees and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Valley View Cattle Company v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Pinckney v. Love, Jr. v. M. W. Sessions, Former Superintendent of the Burke County Board of Education, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by131 opinions
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- Arthur Wayne Carson, Cross-Appellee v. Officer Polley, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- David Owen v. Kerr-Mcgee Corporation and the Home Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Kenneth Smith v. Transworld Drilling Company Vessel, Rig 44, in RemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Richard Williams v. The City of ValdostaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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