Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided November 27, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 8671PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
This action is brought against a nonresident insurer pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, LSA-R.S. 22:655.
Plaintiff, a resident of Homer, Louisiana, sues Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, a Mississippi corporation, claiming that defendant’s insured, Fred K. Crump, negligently injured him in a truck-motorcycle collision.
At about 6:05 p. m.,1 on February 6, 1961, plaintiff was driving north on State Highway 79, in the City of Haynesville on a motorcycle with two other young men. The motorcycle lights were not…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Gaiennie v. Cooperative Produce Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- White v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Smith v. BorchersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- Pearson v. HannaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1950
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Legendre v. RodrigueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company v. James A. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Morgan v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Burguieres v. EngladeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972