[DOWNLOAD] "Greyhound Corporation Et Al. v. Nadden A." by Supreme Court of Alabama * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Greyhound Corporation Et Al. v. Nadden A.
- Author : Supreme Court of Alabama
- Release Date : January 25, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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GOODWYN, Justice. This is a personal injury action brought by appellee, Nadeen A. Brown, against appellants, Greyhound Corporation
and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, in the circuit court of Jefferson County. The case arises out of an accident which
occurred on a public highway in Jefferson County about 25 miles north of Birmingham. At the time of the accident plaintiff
was a paying passenger on one of Greyhound's buses proceeding towards Birmingham. The right front tire of the bus blew out
in rounding a curve, thus causing the bus to plunge down a ravine and roll over several times. Plaintiff was seriously injured.
The jury returned a verdict in her favor for $15,000 against both defendants. Judgment on the verdict was duly entered. The
defendants' separate motions to set aside the verdict and judgment and grant each of them a new trial being overruled, they
brought this appeal. The case went to the jury on amended counts 2, 3 and 4. In substance, each of said counts charges Goodyear with negligence
which combined and concurred with Greyhound's negligence so as to injure plaintiff. As against Greyhound, the gravamen of
all three counts is Greyhound's negligence as a common carrier of passengers for hire. As against Goodyear, the several counts
charge negligence as follows: