Legal Opinion
Copinjon v. ATNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 27, 1951No. 12272PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORVELL, Justice.
This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the insurance carrier and judgment was rendered accordingly.
In the motion for instructed verdict it was urged “that there, was no evidence to show that the plaintiff, Willie Copinjon, had good cause for not filing his claim for compensation within six months after the happening of the accident upon which said claim was based.”
It appears that the appellant, Willie Cop-injon, while in the employ of Mr. and Mrs. Max Manus, operators of La Louisiarie restaurant in San…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hawkins v. Safety Casualty Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1948
- Johnson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1938
- Lacour v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1942
- General Accident Fire & Life Assur. Corp. v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Sandage v. Traders & General Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1940
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3Cited by21 opinions
- TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INS. ASS'N v. PortleyTexas Supreme Court · 1953
- W. R. Grasle Co. v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation BoardAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. LeathersTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- American Motorists Ins. Co. v. BoortzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- O. J. Fortenberry v. Maryland Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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