Legal Opinion
Robert T. Clegg v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1959No. 17313_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The jury found for the defendant. The plaintiff, Clegg, appealing here, asserts that this resulted from the unexpected use by the Judge of a jury verdict in the form of three questions. In proof of it, plaintiff points out that the Insurer’s defense contented itself with testimony of a single witness, the truck driver, who virtually swore the defendant into liability, and the cross examination of plaintiff’s witnesses, several of whom were psychiatrists. The Insurer refutes both the claim of error and the asserted cause of the adverse verdict. On the latter, it…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Laurice v. Cox v. Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Kirby H. Jackson and Robert L. Phinney v. C. E. King and Juanita M. KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Klein v. Medical Building Realty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Home Ins. Co. v. Tydal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Putnam Resources v. Ronald M. Pateman, Ronald M. Pateman v. Frenkel & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Gabriel Ruvalcaba v. City of Los Angeles Daryl Gates, Martin Coon, ( 21604) in Both Their Personal and Official CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Fredonia Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. v. Rca CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- C. C. Duke and C. T. Duke v. Sun Oil Company and Pan American Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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