WOOTEN v. WHITE TRUCKS

No. 74-2204.

514 F.2d 634 (1975)

Lloyd WOOTEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WHITE TRUCKS, a Division of White Motor Corporation, and White Motor Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Norman, Oklahoma City, Okl., E. B. Rood, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joe B. Weeks, Calvin J. Faucett, Leon H. Handley, Orlando, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, THORNBERRY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 29, 1975.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

This diversity tort suit requires us to consider how a Florida court would conclude a Kentucky court would decide a point which neither1 has yet passed upon.

Plaintiff Lloyd Wooten worked for a Florida food company as a long-haul truck driver. He drove a truck-tractor of the type known as cab-over-engine made by defendant White Motor Corporation...

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