Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Gulf Refining Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 20, 1954No. Adm. Nos. 2262, 2312, 2313, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2400, 2438, Civ. A. Nos. 3983, 3984PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
This litigation, consisting of ten separate actions, grows out of an explosion and fire which occurred at the dock terminal of the Gulf Refining Company on the west bank of the Mississippi River, near Gretna, Louisiana, on May 11, 1952. All ten cases have been consolidated for the purpose of trial on the question of liability. The damage caused by the explosion and fire consists of three lives lost, three men injured, and considerable property damage to the terminal as well as to the tow of the Black Warrior Towing Company which was discharging gasoline at the Gulf dock…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Trexler v. Tug RavenDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Gulf Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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