Legal Opinion
Ullman v. Overnite Transportation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1975No. 74-1942PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Georgia law governs this diversity case brought by a passenger against the driver of the vehicle in which he was riding, the owner of a jack-knifed truck and its insurance carrier, several wrecker companies and various of their individual employees for damages for his injuries and the death of his wife. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment *677for plaintiff against the truck owner, its carrier and one of its employees, R. Gayle Dean. The other defendants were exonerated by the jury and recovered take-nothing judgments.1 Since we reverse for error which could in no way have affected…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Powell v. BerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
- Foster v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Durrett v. FarrarCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Chicago & North Western Railway Company v. Arthur J. RiegerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Mann v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Harville v. Anchor-Wate Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Jac O. Ullman, Jr. v. Overnite Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Randy Harville, Cross-Appellant, Argonaut Southwest Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee v. Anchor-Wate Company, Cross-Appellant. Mathis MacHinery Company and Mid-Continent Pipeline Equipment Company, Third-Party Cross-Appellees v. Dewey Smith, Independent for the Estate of Carl K. Smith, Deceased, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Ullman v. Overnite Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Robert Conroy, Raymond Dahl, Frederick Jacobs and Walter K. Schubert, United States of America v. Leonard A. Walker, A/K/A "Silver"Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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