Legal Opinion
Underwood v. Redwing Carriers, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 1971PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCanless, justice.
This is a suit by Mrs. Marsha Underwood, the widow of Jimmy Olen Underwood, who was killed in a collision between the automobile he was driving and the truck owned by Redwing Carriers, Inc., and driven by its employee, Robert Marvin Ayers, on Highway 231 inside the corporate limits of Murfreesboro at about 2:00 o’clock on the morning of October 21, 1965. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for $26,840.00. The defendant moved for a new trial but the Circuit Court overruled the motion, and the defendant appealed in error to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gordon's Transports, Inc. v. BaileyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1956
- Roddy Mfg. Co. v. DixionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
- McCollum v. GuestTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- Southern Ry. Co. v. VarnellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
3Cited by3 opinions
- Whitt v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- 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
- Whitt v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972