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Judicial Creation Of Direct Actions Against Automobile Liability Insurers: Shingleton V. Bussey, Jason G. Reynolds Apr 1970

Judicial Creation Of Direct Actions Against Automobile Liability Insurers: Shingleton V. Bussey, Jason G. Reynolds

Vanderbilt Law Review

Elizabeth R. Bussey commenced a negligence action in a Florida state trial court against Frances R.B. Shingleton for damages sustained in an automobile mishap. The accident itself was a rather ordinary rear-end collision. Out of the ordinary, however, was the fact that the plaintiff joined as a party defendant Shingleton's liability insurer, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. The trial judge, following the insurance policy's non-joinder provisions' and the weight of authority in Florida and elsewhere, granted Nationwide's motion that it be dismissed as a party defendant. Plaintiff appealed this order to the Florida District Court of Appeal on the theory that, …


Informing A Jury Of The Legal Effect Of Its Answers., James G. Denton Mar 1970

Informing A Jury Of The Legal Effect Of Its Answers., James G. Denton

St. Mary's Law Journal

Limiting jury consideration to facts, as opposed to the outcome, best serves special issue systems. The purpose of the special issues system is to ensure juries answer the presented questions without bias or prejudice. Though several writers have persuasively advocated for advising juries of the consequences of their findings, doing so seems to undermine the purpose of special issue systems because it allows for juries to answer questions with reference to their desired outcome. To ensure juries answer issues on the facts alone, trial judges should not give a jury, directly or indirectly, any information that may apprise them of …


1970-1973 Rowan County (Ky.) Minute Book, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Jan 1970

1970-1973 Rowan County (Ky.) Minute Book, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court

Rowan County Circuit Court Ledgers

Minute Book from Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court from 1970 to 1976.


Books Received Jan 1970

Books Received

University of Richmond Law Review

These are the books received by the Law School in 1970.