Legal Opinion
Whitt v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1972No. Nos. 71-1911 to 71-1913PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from judgments entered upon jury verdicts in consolidated diversity actions controlled by the law of Tennessee. We affirm.
The actions arose out of a fatal collision on a two-lane highway in Grainger County, Tennessee. In the early morning hours, Richard Osborne was driving a DuPont tractor-trailer loaded with about 20 tons of nylon cord, westbound on U. S. Highway 11-W. Osborne’s co-driver, Wayne Cumby, was asleep in a bunk behind the cab. James Whitt, accompanied by Ollie Marshall, was driving a Norris mobile home transporter eastbound. The transporter…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gardner's Masonry Contractors, Inc. v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
- Arthur Lewis Smith by and Through His Conservator, Thomas Rhoden Smith v. Clarence Richard BeattieCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Underwood v. Redwing Carriers, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1971
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Susie Ann Whitt v. E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company and Richard Ernest Osborne, E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company v. Norris Industries, Inc., Paul Marshall v. E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company and Richard Ernest OsborneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972