Legal Opinion
Frank Pruett v. Robert Ellington Marshall
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1960No. 18238_1PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Frank Pruett, the plaintiff-appellant, was injured when an automobile in which he was riding as a passenger was struck from behind by an automobile that Robert Marshall, the defendant-appellee, was driving. The accident occurred at ten in the morning, November 10, 1958, about three miles east of Irondale, Alabama, on U. S. Highway 78. At the time of the accident the day was clear. At the point of the accident the highway is straight and has four lanes, a center parkway, and wide shoulders. The evidence is undisputed that the front of Marshall’s car ran into the rear of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Indamer Corporation v. C. H. CrandonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- James R. Russell, Jr. v. The Monongahela Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- John Baxter Butler, Administrator of the Estate of Agnes Adeline Butler, Deceased v. Billy N. Polk, Etc., United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Billy Ray Delancey v. Motichek Towing Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Nicholas C. Scheib v. Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Angel Urti v. Transport Commercial CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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