Legal Opinion
Sargis v. Barnett
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided August 1, 1968No. 841-FPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIE, District Judge.
On November 18, 1964, Alice Sargis, one of the plaintiffs in this action, was injured when the car in which she was sitting was struck by a tractor-trailer truck driven by the defendant, Carl Ervin Barnett. At the time of the accident, the defendant was an employee of the State of West Virginia and was acting within the scope of his employment. Shual Sargis, the other plaintiff, was the owner of the car and the husband of Alice. They filed suit in this court alleging injuries and damages as a result of the negligence of the defendant in the operation of the truck.…
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