Legal Opinion
Terminal Transport Co. v. Cliffside Leasing Corp.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLISON B. HUMPHREYS, Special Justice.
Terminal Transport Company, a common carrier of freight by tractor-trailer trucks, operating in several states, brought suit in chancery against Cliffside Company and others, (the others are no longer in the suit) to recover $350,000 that Terminal had paid in settlement of a personal injury action brought against it in an Alabama federal court by Terry Mallett. Mallett had been severely injured when his car was struck from the rear by a truck tractor that belonged to Terminal and was being driven at the time by Kenneth Kemper, a Cliffside mechanic.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Builders Supply Co. v. McCabeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Tankrederiet Gefion A/S v. Hyman-Michaels Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Cohen v. NoelTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Davis v. Broad Street GarageTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Cheatham v. Thurston Motor LinesDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1986
- Continental Casualty Co. v. United States Trust Co.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1982
- Terminal Transport Co. v. Cliffside Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980