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NEWELL v. HAROLD SHAFFER LEASING CO.

No. 73-1706.

489 F.2d 103 (1974)

J. B. NEWELL and Mrs. Gladys Reed, mother and next friend of Miss Paulette Virginia Reed, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HAROLD SHAFFER LEASING CO., INC., Harold Shaffer, Individually, and Harold Shaffer, d/b/a Harold Shaffer Leasing Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rae Bryant, Gulfport, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

George Shaddock, Donald W. Cumbest, Pascagoula, Miss., Ben H. Harris, Jr., Howell, Johnston, Langford, Finkbohner, Johnstone, Adams, May, Howard & Hill, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal in a diversity personal injury action by the defendants from the district court's denial of their motion for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The accident giving rise to this lawsuit occurred on November 16, 1968, when a truck driven by Bobby Gene Ferrell struck the rear end of Newell's vehicle, where Reed was a passenger. Newell and Reed sued Harold Shaffer Leasing Co., Inc., Harold Shaffer, Individually...

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