CHASTAIN v. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE CO.

No. 83-7226.

733 F.2d 1479 (1984)

Madeline G. CHASTAIN, as Executrix of the Estate of Homer L. Chastain, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, a corporation and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vastine Stabler, Jr., Frank D. McPhillips, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Joe R. Whatley, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In 1965 plaintiff Homer L. Chastain, Jr., went to work for Duke Tire & Rubber Company as a commissioned salesman selling tires in the North Alabama region. In order to increase sales and distribution of its tires in this region, Star Rubber Company acquired the assets of Duke in 1966. After the acquisition, Duke became merged into Star. Star is a division of Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, which is in turn a subsidiary of Goodyear.

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