P. W. Siebrand & Hiko Siebrand, Doing Business as Siebrand Bros., Circus and Carnival v. George F. Gossnell and Estella Gossnell, S. J. Carroll v. George F. Gossnell and Estella Gossnell
Opinion
Opinion
234 F.2d 81 P. W. SIEBRAND & Hiko Siebrand, doing business as Siebrand Bros., Circus and Carnival, Appellants, v. George F. GOSSNELL and Estella Gossnell, Appellees. S. J. CARROLL, Appellant, v. George F. GOSSNELL and Estella Gossnell, Appellees. No. 14468. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 23, 1956. 1 W. Francis Wilson, Kent A. Blake, Richard F. Harless, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants Siebrand. 2 Howard W. Gibbons, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant Carroll. 3 William P. Mahoney, Jr., Joseph C. Raineri, Daniel F. Cracchiolo, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellees. 4 Before ORR and LEMMON, Circuit Judges, and JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge. 5 JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge. 6 This case arises under the diversity jurisdiction of the district court, and presents various problems in the law of negligence, including particularly the effect of the return of separate verdicts against certain defendants and alleged apportionment of a verdict between such defendants. 7 Appellees George F. Gossnell and Estella Gossnell, husband and wife, and hereinafter called the Gossnells, were travelling by automobile on the highway near Tempe, Arizona, on February 20, 1953.…