Legal Opinion
Spiker v. Capitol Milk Producers Cooperative, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided November 29, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-0128-H, 82-0129-H, 82-0142-H and 82-0143-HPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MICHAEL, District Judge.
This diversity action arises out of the collision on August 16, 1980, between a car operated by Willie Lee Loyd and a Capitol Milk truck operated by Melvin Smith. The Capitol Milk truck had pulled off onto the emergency lane of Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, when the car left the main lanes of the highway and struck the parked truck. Four of the seven occupants in the car were killed as a result of the accident. The plaintiff filed the complaints in these four consolidated actions on August 6, 1982, on behalf of the estates of two of…
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