Legal Opinion
Greyhound Corp. v. Dewey
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1957No. 16141PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
Appellees brought this action for the wrongful death of their son, George W. Dewey, who was struck and killed by a bus owned and operated by appellant. Upon a jury verdict, judgment was en*901tered in favor of appellees for $30,704.00.1 Appellant contends on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to establish that its driver was negligent, that deceased was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law precluding recovery under Louisiana authorities, and that the Court erred in submitting the question of last clear chance to the jury.2
The accident in which…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Rottman v. BeverlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Culpepper v. Leonard Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Campbell v. MoutonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Johansen v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Johansen v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Robert Musgrave v. Union Carbide Corporation, Robert Musgrave v. Process Engineering, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Morgan v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1963
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