H. E. Collins and Joetta Collins, Surviving Parents and Personal Representatives of Karen Collins, Deceased v. Wayne Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1980-07-18

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SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge: The day after Christmas in 1972 on a narrow bridge in New Mexico a tractor trailer carrying a cargo of cattle jackknifed and penetrated through the first four rows of seats of an oncoming bus. The collision killed nineteen and injured eleven passengers on the bus. The plaintiffs-appellants in this case are four of the injured and representatives of…

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