CITY-WIDE TRUCKING CORPORATION v. FORD

No. 16774.

306 F.2d 805 (1962)

CITY-WIDE TRUCKING CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, v. Emma FORD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1962.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Cornelius H. Doherty, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Martin E. Gerel, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Lee C. Ashcraft and Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing en Banc Denied en Banc July 30, 1962.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Ford, the plaintiff* in the District Court, was injured after the defendants' dump truck, which with its load, weighed about 16,000 pounds, struck the rearmost of four passenger cars. Defendants' brief graphically describes the episode. Mrs. Ford "was a passenger in a motor vehicle * * * which was stopped in a line of traffic * * *. There...

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