CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. CO. v. GOODSON

No. 16263.

242 F.2d 203 (1957)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. E. D. GOODSON and Trinity Universal Insurance Company, Intervener, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. A. Wilson, Amarillo, Tex., Joe E. Gracey, Thompson, Walker, Smith & Shannon, Fort Worth, Tex., Underwood, Wilson, Sutton, Heare & Boyce, Amarillo, Tex., for appellant.

J. O. Fitzjarrald, Joe Harlan, Dean Dunlap, Merchant & Fitzjarrald, Amarillo, Tex., for appellee, E. D. Goodson.

Gibson, Ochsner, Harlan, Kinney & Morris, Amarillo, Tex., for appellee, Trinity Universal Insurance Co., intervener.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal results from a judgment in favor of appellee Goodson, plaintiff in a personal injury suit, based on a jury verdict in his favor. Jurisdiction is founded on diversity and the jurisdictional amount was alleged.

Goodson suffered personal injuries when there was an explosion on the premises of his employer, Palo Duro Ice Company. He alleged that the explosion was brought about in the...

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