National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company v. L. E. Shawver
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
The single question involved in this appeal is whether an employee, suing to recover Workmen’s Compensation Insurance, who did not give notice of his injury within thirty days after its date, is barred from recovery as a matter of law by reason of the claimed absence of evidence showing good cause for such failure to give the statutory notice. Appellee, Shawver, filed this action against Appellant, National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company, insurance carrier of W. R. Bumpus Construction Company, employer of Shawver, alleging that he had been injured during his…
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- Hawkins v. Safety Casualty Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1948
- Copinjon v. ATNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. RhineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Hathaway v. New York Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
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