Legal Opinion
Logsdon v. Baker
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 7, 1975No. 74-1014PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Mark Logsdon was killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck owned by the defendants. Plaintiff did not put the truck driver on the stand during the trial, and there were no other eyewitnesses to the accident. Believing that the evidence was insufficient to allow an expert to formulate an opinion as to the causes of the mishap, the district judge rejected plaintiff’s proffer of expert testimony, and directed a verdict for defendants.**
On review, we must consider the evidence in the strongest light favoring the plaintiff just as the district court was called to do originally. See…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Simmonds v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Bess O'Melveny MacMaugh v. Mrs. David BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Ada M. Reece and Charles Reece v. Capital Transit Company, a Corporation, Capital Transit Company, a Corporation v. Ada M. Reece and Charles ReeceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Logsdon v. BakerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1973
3Cited by14 opinions
- Merit Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Marder v. G.D. Searle & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1986
- District of Columbia v. AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Newman v. Hy-Way Heat Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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