WARNER v. ROSSIGNOL

No. 74-1329.

513 F.2d 678 (1975)

Douglas F. WARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donat ROSSIGNOL, Defendant-Appellee, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius B. Levine, Waterville, Me., with whom Frederick E. Levine and Levine, Brody & Levine, Waterville, Me., were on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Albert L. Bernier, Waterville, Me., with whom Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Chandler, Waterville, Me., was on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the aftermath of a settlement which, to use the vernacular, became unstuck. Douglas F. Warner sued Donat Rossignol in tort under the diversity jurisdiction for injuries resulting from an accident. The issue of liability was tried first; and a jury returned special findings that Rossignol's servant was "guilty" of negligence which was a proximate cause of the accident, and that plaintiff Warner was not so guilty...

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