Legal Opinion
Empire Indemnity Insurance v. Carolina Casualty Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1988No. 87-1299PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
This declaratory judgment action arises out of a dispute between four liability insurance companies as to which of them provided coverage in a wrongful death and survival action commenced by the estate of an automobile driver who was killed in a collision with a truck driver who was under a lease agreement with a common carrier.
The district court, David O. Belew, Jr., District Judge, in an amended judgment entered March 26, 1987 in the Northern District of Texas, held that Shelter General Insurance Company (“Shelter”), as the primary insurer of the common carrier, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Rodriguez v. AgerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Arthur Wilcox, Leslie Grier, George Porter, Abe Smith, Russell Waters and Otis Drummond v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. And Harry CulyerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Hagans, Jr. v. Glens Falls Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
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