Legal Opinion
Elvera v. McNamara v. American Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1957No. 16347_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought under Sections 45.11, 768.01, 768.02, Florida Statutes Annotated, the suit sought damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s husband through the alleged misfunctioning of a 1953 Hudson Hornet automobile.
The claim was that the defendant was negligent in “designing and/or building a car that caused injury to a person making use of it. * * * . in that in their 1953 Hudson Hornet the outside jacket tubing of the steering column would turn in its mountings so that the hydramatic transmission would actually be in low gear when the gearshift lever was pulled all the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lenora Gorman Smith v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- King v. Weis-Patterson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Mutual Life Ins. v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- General Acc. Fire & Life Assur. Corp. v. ScheroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by23 opinions
- Daniels v. Twin Oaks Nursing HomeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Alman Brothers Farms & Feed Mill, Inc. v. Diamond Laboratories, Inc., and Southwestern Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania v. A. L. Myrick, D/B/A Market Produce CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey v. Robbins Coal Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. Lilly Lind Brondum and Barthel P. Brondum, Owners of Tract No. J-923-ECourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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