LA PRESTI v. GOODALL OIL COMPANY

No. 13234.

290 F.2d 653 (1961)

Frank J. LA PRESTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOODALL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Carol VIGDAL, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Charles B. Vigdal, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank J. LA PRESTI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Nolan, Pretzel, Stouffer, Nolan & Rooney, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis E. Hickey, Rockford, Ill., Oswell G. Treadway, Joseph H. Hinshaw, John M. Moelmann, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, KNOCH and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

This action was commenced by the filing of a complaint by the appellant, Frank J. La Presti, naming the Goodall Oil Company as a defendant. It was brought to recover damages occasioned by the alleged negligence of a deceased employee of the Goodall Oil Company in driving a tractor-trailer, gasoline carrying, truck unit.

The Goodall Oil Company filed a counter-claim in that suit, against La Presti...

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