Legal Opinion
Yazzie v. Sullivent
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1977No. 75-1619PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
This cause is before the court following the grant of rehearing. Oral arguments on rehearing have been held and the matter now stands submitted.
This wrongful death action was instituted by Nita Yazzie as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Daniel Joseph Yazzie. Defendants in the case are John Herman Sullivent, H. J. Jeffries Truck Lines, Inc., and Excel Insurance Company. Sullivent was the driver of a tractor-trailer rig which allegedly struck the decedent, Daniel Yazzie, and dragged his body for approximately 18 miles and, of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Quick v. CraneIdaho Supreme Court · 1986
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- Richard W. Neely v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company and Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Russell Eugene Hurd v. American Hoist and Derrick Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Leon Thompson v. Kerr-Mcgee Refining CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
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