McDERMOTT v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION

No. 27865 Summary Calendar.

418 F.2d 598 (1969)

Joseph S. McDERMOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CROWN ZELLERBACH CORPORATION et al., Defendants, Main Mutual Insurance Company of Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Tooley, Jr., of Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant, Main Mutual Ins. Co. of Illinois.

Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., David L. Campbell, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee, Joseph S. McDermott.

C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., New Orleans, La., for other interested parties.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

Appellee McDermott was severely injured when a truck ran a red light and collided with a taxicab in which he was riding as a passenger. A jury verdict was returned for McDermott against Main Mutual, the insurer of the taxicab. From the judgment entered against it for its policy limits Main Mutual appeals. We affirm.1

Upon arrival at New Orleans Moisant International Airport from his home in

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