Legal Opinion
Harleysville Mutual Casualty Company v. Harris & Brooks, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 5, 1967No. [No. 681, September Term, 1966.]PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingley, J.
Harris & Brooks, Inc. (Harris), the plaintiff below and appellee here, is a corporation engaged in the business of excavating, clearing and grading land. In September, 1961, Harris entered into a contract to “clear, burn and smooth up” a wooded tract of some 15 acres at Aspen Hill Road and Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County.
Gillis, an employee of Harris, testified that on Saturday, September 2, he operated a caterpillar loader at the site where he “cleared the trees and put them in appropriate piles and burned them.” There were somewhere between 3 and 5 piles, 10 to 12 feet in height,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. National Paving & Contracting Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Cross v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins. Co., LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- Haynes v. American Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Minnesota Farm Bureau Service Co., a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Sheets v. Brethren Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
- Fister v. Allstate Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Government Employees Insurance v. DeJamesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- Cole v. State Farm Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. MoultonMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
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