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WESTPORT TRUCKING CO. v. GRIFFIN

41958.

254 Ga. 361 (1985)

329 S.E.2d 487

WESTPORT TRUCKING COMPANY v. GRIFFIN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Young & Clyatt, Robert M. Clyatt, William A. Turner, Jr., for appellant.

Kirbo & McCalley, Thomas L. Kirbo III, for appellees.

HILL, Chief Justice.

This case raises the question whether a motorist injured in a collision with a truck operated by a motor contract carrier engaged solely in interstate commerce may join the motor carrier's liability insurer in the motorist's suit for personal injuries.1 Thus, the question concerns the extent of federal preemption of the regulation of interstate trucking.

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