Legal Opinion
Humphries v. Boersma
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1951No. 13166_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Humphries, the appellant, being cast in her suit for personal injuries suffered when she was struck while walking across a street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by an automobile driven by ap-pellee, Leila Boersma, prosecutes this appeal. Appellant contends that her negligence, if any, was not the proximate cause of, nor contributory to, her injuries, and that appellee’s specified negligence was the sole proximate cause of the accident. In the alternative, appellant contends that appellee, Mrs. Boersma, had the last clear chance of avoiding the accident and,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Lindsay v. ThomasSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Davis v. CuestaSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
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- Stanford v. Atlantic Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by6 opinions
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