Yancey v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, 22338.

• Decision Date: 10 January 1966
• Docket Number: No. 22338.,22338.
• Citation: 353 F.2d 672
• Parties: Hubert Lee YANCEY, Appellant, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION and C. W. Covington, Appellees.
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

353 F.2d 672 (1965)

Hubert Lee YANCEY, Appellant, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION and C. W. Covington, Appellees.

No. 22338.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1965.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1966.

John Gano, Joseph D. Jamail, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

L. S. Carsey and Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for appellee Union Carbide Corp.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This diversity personal injury case, having resulted in a judgment for the defendant on jury answers to special interrogatories, must be affirmed. There was ample evidence from which the jury could find contributory negligence by the plaintiff causing the injury complained of.

The judgment is affirmed.