Legal Opinion
Cochran v. M & M Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 1940No. 3552PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.
Earlier phases of this litigation are reported in M & M Transportation Co. v. Cochran, 1 Cir., 100 F.2d 207, and in Cochran v. M & M Transportation Co., 1 Cir., 110 F.2d 519.
We now have before us appeals by the plaintiffs from judgments for the defendant entered upon verdicts for the defendant on counts alleging simple negligence.
On the night of November 16, 1936, a motor-truck of the Providence Teaming Company, operated by its servant Cochran, became stalled on a Massachusetts highway. Shortly thereafter a motor-truck driven by a servant of the M & M Transportation…
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