Legal Opinion

James Walter Truitt, a Minor, by Howard Truitt, His Next Friend, and Pearl L. Truitt, and Howard Truitt, Individually v. Russell Lowell Gaines

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided May 29, 1963No. 13808_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*462McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This litigation arises out of a Delaware automobile collision in which plaintiffs, while riding in a car owned and driven by defendant, sustained personal injuries. The case was tried to the court below. The latter concluded that jurisdictional diversity of citizenship existed and that defendant’s negligence caused the accident and plaintiffs’ injuries. Those findings are not disputed. The court also held that under the facts, plaintiffs did not come within the Delaware Guest Statute, 21 Del. Code, Section 6101(a).1 Defendant appeals from the judgments entered…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gallegher v. DavisSuperior Court of Delaware · 1936
  2. Wilmington Country Club v. Delaware Liquor CommissionSuperior Court of Delaware · 1952
  3. Engle v. PolandSuperior Court of Delaware · 1952
  4. Elliott v. CamperSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
  5. Robb v. Ramey Associates, Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1940

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Yarrington v. ThornburgSupreme Court of Delaware · 1964
  2. Mumford v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1967
  3. Simenon v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1965
  4. Peterson v. SnellSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Cook v. PryorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968

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