COLLINS v. SEABOARD COASTLINE R. CO.

No. 82-8007 Non-Argument Calendar.

681 F.2d 1333 (1982)

Martha COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy D. Tritt, Charles C. Stebbins, III, Augusta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas R. Burnside, Jr., James B. Wall, Augusta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this truck-train collision case, interlocutory appeal was granted to determine whether the district court, 516 F.Supp. 31, properly struck defendant's defense as to liability under the so-called offensive collateral estoppel doctrine. Plaintiff sued for loss of consortium by reason of injuries to her husband. The husband had previously obtained a personal injury judgment against the railroad. That judgment...

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