Legal Opinion
Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Deroy Floyd
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1958No. 16424PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Deroy Floyd was fatally injured when the Farmall Tractor, on whose drawbar she was riding, was overtaken and struck by an empty motor vehicle carrier owned and operated by appellant, Complete Auto Transit, Inc. The accident happened on a public highway near Hazlehurst, Georgia, in the nighttime on a three percent curve. This action was brought by the husband and ten children (ranging from 4 to 25 years in age) of the decedent under the Georgia Code, § 105-1306 and § 105-1308. The object of the trip was to enable the decedent to reach a telephone to call a hospital…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Standard Oil Co. v. ReaganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
- Commercial Credit Corp. v. PepperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Sunray Oil Corporation v. G. T. AllbrittonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Metropolitan St. R. R. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Peter Joseph Caldarera, Jr., Etc. v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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- Simeon v. T. Smith & Son, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Thomas W. Haley, Ann S. Haley v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Har-Pen Truck Lines, Inc. v. Frederick Allen Mills, IIICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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