Legal Opinion
Robert Musgrave v. Union Carbide Corporation, Robert Musgrave v. Process Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 6, 1974No. 73-1283, 73-1284PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant Union Carbide Corporation appeals from a jury verdict for plaintiff Robert Musgrave in a negligence action involving personal injuries sustained when the hitch connecting a mobile nitrogen converter trailer to the tractor which Musgrave was driving sheared off, causing the trailer to strike the tractor. On appeal, Union Carbide asserts that Musgrave failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove that Union Carbide committed the acts alleged in the amended complaint: furnishing Musgrave a trailer to which it had affixed a defective and unsafe hitch…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Neering v. I.C.R.R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1943
- Anderson v. LintonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Watts v. Bacon & Van Buskirk Glass Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Guillermo Oliveras v. United States Lines CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Schmidt v. Archer Iron Works, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Janich Bros., Inc. v. The American Distilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- John S. Mays v. Pioneer Lumber Corporation, a West Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Alloy International Co., a Corporation v. Hoover-Nsk Bearing Company, Inc., a Corporation, and Hoover Ball & Bearing Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- John E. Trytko, Jr. v. Hubbell, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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