PERKINS v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

No. 75, Docket 23170.

219 F.2d 422 (1955)

Grace E. PERKINS, Administratrix of the Estate of Roy W. Perkins, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and Taddeo Forte, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Washton & Vogt, New London, Conn. (A. A. Washton, New London, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip R. Shiff, New Haven, Conn., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and HARLAN, Circuit Judges.


HARLAN, Circuit Judge.

Roy W. Perkins, a youth of 19, was killed on July 21, 1952, in an automobile accident involving a collision between a panel truck driven by Perkins and a tractor-trailer truck owned by United Transportation Company and driven by its employee, Taddeo Forte.

The accident took place about 10 P.M. at the intersection of Route 84 (on which the United truck was proceeding in a westerly direction) and Old Route 84 (on which Perkins was driving...

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