OLIVER v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 71-2005.

475 F.2d 895 (1972)

Verline OLIVER, Administratrix of the Estate of Rembert Marshall Oliver, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY and General Motors Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Max M. Goldberg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Richard W. Turner, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Stephen A. Trimble and Mr. Nicholas D. Ward, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee, Southern Railway Co.

Mr. James C. Gregg, Washington, D. C., for appellee, General Motors Corp.

Before Justice CLARK, of the Supreme Court of the United States, and McGOWAN and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant's decedent was killed when, on May 30, 1968, the unloaded 1967 General Motors Corporation flat bed truck he was driving west on Virginia Route 661 collided with the Southern Railway Company freight train engine proceeding north through the grade crossing located north of Manassas, Virginia. Appellant, decedent's wife and administratrix of his estate, brought a diversity suit in the District Court for...

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