COPELAND v. PETROLEUM TRANSIT COMPANY

No. AC-834.

233 F.Supp. 286 (1964)

E. A. COPELAND, as Administrator of the Estate of Elbert A. Simmons, deceased, Plaintiff, v. PETROLEUM TRANSIT COMPANY, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

August 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baskin & Cothran, Bishopville, S. C., Henry H. Edens, Columbia, S. C., Wright, Scott, Blackwell & Powers, Florence, S. C., for plaintiff.

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, Columbia, S. C., Ozmer L. Henry, Lumberton, N. C., for defendant.


SIMONS, District Judge.

This is an action for wrongful death brought, pursuant to Section 10-1951 et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1952, by the Administrator of the Estate of Dr. Elbert A. Simmons, deceased, who died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile-truck collision on October 5, 1961. The Complaint alleged that the deceased's death was proximately caused by the negligence and recklessness of Petroleum Transit Company through its agents and...

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