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Torts -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Torts -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Vanderbilt Law Review
The number of torts cases was somewhat less this year than in past years, being below the forty figure rather than above it. There were no particularly significant legal developments in the field. Perhaps the cases indicate, however, a developing fashion in automobile negligence actions. At least four of the cases seem to have been brought for whiplash injuries.'
Insurance -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Robert W. Sturdivant
Insurance -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Robert W. Sturdivant
Vanderbilt Law Review
The case of Clinchfield R.R. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.' involved the question of whether the insured, in a suit against his insurer, is bound by findings adverse to him in prior litigation between the insured and a third person.The liability insurance policy involved covered certain vehicles of the railroad company but expressly excluded from coverage injuries to employees in the course of their employment. One Harrison, a regular railroad employee, was injured while riding in an insured vehicle with a fellow employee. He sued the railroad company under the Federal Employers Liability Act. Before he could recover …