Legal Opinion
Coker v. Ryder Truck Lines
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 17, 1971No. 2 Div. 536PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOODWORTH, Justice.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants after a jury verdict was rendered in favor of defendants.
The basis for the suit is an accident which occurred on September 5, 1968 on U.S. Highway 11, a two lane road, at a point between Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Eutaw, Alabama, approximately 2.8 miles north of Euta,w as both vehicles were proceeding towards Eutaw. The complaint charged the defendant Ryder Truck Lines and its driver, Wilfred Sonnier, with negligence in the operation of Ryder’s tractor trailer causing it to collide with plaintiff’s automobile proximately…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Britton v. DoehringSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Taylor v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
- Townsend v. AdairSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Swindall v. SpeignerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Thornton v. TuttSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Costarides v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Starr v. StarrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Meriwether v. Crown Investment CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
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