Legal Opinion
Deitz v. Greyhound Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1956No. 15909PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
After the second of two mistrials from an inability of each of the juries to arrive at a verdict, the District Court granted the Bus Company’s motion j.n. o.v., Fed.Rules Civ.Proc., 50(b), 28 U.S. C.A., and thus denied the claim for the death of Deitz, Sr., occasioned when his Buick sedan, coming across the heavily traveled east-west arterial Highway U. S. 90 from an adjacent filling station, was hit broadside by a westbound Bus as it sought to avert collision. The Judge, without opinion but by brief minute entry, assuming, at least arguendo, negligence on the…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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