ARLEDGE v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 76-1307.

571 F.2d 1388 (1978)

Clifton F. ARLEDGE and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. F. Sams, Jr., Tupelo, Miss., for defendant-appellant.

Robert G. Gilder, Southaven, Miss., for Clifton F. Arledge.

Before HILL, RUBIN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The jury in this diversity case awarded the plaintiff, a gas station employee, damages against Gulf Oil Corporation ("Gulf"), his employer's lessor for injuries sustained when a defective hydraulic lift fell and struck him while he was repairing a car. Gulf urges that the trial judge erred in instructing the jury that Gulf had assumed a duty to repair or replace the defective lift, leaving to the jury only the question whether Gulf performed...

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