Legal Opinion
The B. F. Goodrich Tire Company v. E. H. Lyster
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1964No. 20429_1PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The complaint alleges that E. H. Lyster, the plaintiff, was in one of the B. F. Goodrich Tire stores in Mobile, Alabama, to purchase tires when Earl Jones, branch manager of the store, in the scope and furtherance of his employment, attacked Lyster without provocation, causing serious injury. His injuries were an effusion and fracture of his right knee and one or two bites on the arm. Lyster has had a history of difficulties with his knee and the amount of injury to it resulting from the fight was strongly in dispute in the trial.
The affray took place after several hours…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Robert J. Gill v. Julius Stolow and Harry Stolow, Copartners, Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of J. & H. StolowCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. MillonasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
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3Cited by51 opinions
- James P. Miller v. International Paper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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- W. Lamonte Robison, Trustee of Beehive Security Thrift & Loan v. Transamerica Insurance Co., and Firemans Fund Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Norman v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Frederick Griffin v. Aluminum Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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