Legal Opinion
Consolidated Systems, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1969No. 25996_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
In the most general terms, the question presented is whether one insurer can relieve itself of the duty to provide coverage for its own insured by shifting that duty to another insurer even though the other insurer never made itself a party to any instrument purporting to cover the insured. The subsidiary issues and underlying facts are not so easily explained. Allstate, the insurer seeking to be relieved and plaintiff in this declaratory judgment suit, provided insurance for Consolidated Systems, a trucking company and one of the defendants-appellants herein. In…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Security Insurance Company Of New Haven v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
- Continental Casualty Co. v. St. Paul Mercury Fire & Marine InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1958
- Motor Vehicle Casualty Company v. Atlantic National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Vance Trucking Company v. Canal Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1966
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Carolina Casualty Insurance Company v. Underwriters Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Allstate Insurance Company v. Alterman Transport Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Consolidated Systems, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Allstate Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Alterman Transport Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Consolidated Systems, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- The Carolina Casualty Insurance Company v. The Insurance Company Of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Rouse v. Greyhound Rent-A-Car, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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