Legal Opinion
Roy Maddux v. John William Cox, James Darrell Melton, and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1967No. 18567PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from judgments entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas arising out of a collision between a privately owned automobile and a United States Navy truck on Interstate Highway No. 40 on the outskirts of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The automobile was being driven by Reverend Maddux with his wife as a passenger, and the Navy truck by James Melton with John Cox as a passenger. Melton and Cox were Navy servicemen on official Navy business when the truck rearended the Maddux automobile, causing Mrs. Maddux to lose her life…
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