Legal Opinion
Foote v. Grant
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1960No. 34733PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
We are concerned with the applicability of the rule of respondeat superior.
The appellants, Dallas W. Foote and Dora Foote, his wife, and Dallas L. Foote and Mazie W. Foote, his wife, sustained personal injuries when the automobile in which they were riding was hit head-on by an automobile belonging to the respondent, J. F. Grant, which was being driven on its wrong side of the road by Oscar John Wernegreen or his sister. Wernegreen had possession of the car by virtue of an agreement to drive it from Chicago to Seattle.
Each of the marital communities sued Wernegreen and Grant for the damages…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ludberg v. BarghoornWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Vezolles v. Home Indemnity Co., New YorkDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1941
- Savage v. DonovanWashington Supreme Court · 1922
- Bell v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Roletto v. Department Stores Garage Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. v. Farmers Insurance GroupUtah Supreme Court · 1963
- Cartwright v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, NJLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Foote v. GrantWashington Supreme Court · 1960
- Grange Ins. Ass'n v. EschbackCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1969
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