Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1972No. 71-1467PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Lloyd M. Marshall, lessee of a service station at Batesville, Arkansas, owned and built by Humble Oil and Refining Co. (Humble), and his employee, George L. Mitchell, sustained fatal injuries in an explosion-fire at the service station. Representatives of each man brought consolidated diversity actions against Humble seeking damages for wrongful death under the Arkansas Wrongful Death Act, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 27-901 et seq. (1962). A jury awarded the representative of the Marshall estate (lessee) $138,000 and the representative of the Mitchell estate (employee) $77,200.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Ford Motor Company, a Corporation v. Marvin D. ZahnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Mrs. Jewell Schenebeck and Russell Schenebeck v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Hawkins v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950
- Ruth Meitz and George Meitz v. Roberta GarrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- City National Bank of Fort Smith v. Unique Structures, Inc., Susie Arnall, and Henry O. Arnall, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Richard S. Brown v. Cooper Clinic, P.A.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Dobson v. Bacon Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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