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· 7/3/1980

Mary Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc., Mary Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc., and Third-Party v. Kay-See Dental Manufacturing Co., Third-Party

Citations

  • 616 F.2d 734

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a “third-party defendant can assert on appeal errors in the main case”
  • noting that \it logically follows that the third-party defendant may assert on appeal errors in the main case\ where the third-party defendant was appealing from a judgment entered in the third-party case
  • appeal by third-party defendant held to constitute appeal by defendant where case was reversed for error in plaintiff's action against defendant
  • appeal by third-party defendant held to constitute appeal by defendant where case was reversed for error in plaintiff’s action against defendant
  • “[A] trial judge can appropriately give the res ipsa loquitur charge if the evidence affords a rational basis upon which the jury can conclude that the elements of the doctrine required under state substantive law are present.” (emphasis added)

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Judges: III, Ainsworth, Vance, Anderson

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