Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance Company
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided July 10, 1963No. 8654PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, District Judge.
This action is brought by plaintiffs for the alleged wrongful death of their son, Harvey Benjamin Phillips, against Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, a Texas corporation, insurance carrier of Dugas and LeBlanc, Ltd., a Louisiana corporation not joined as a defendant. By supplemental petition, The Celotex Corporation, a Delaware corporation having its home office in Chicago, Illinois, was joined as a co-defendant.
Liability is predicated upon Article 2315 of the Louisiana Civil Code, LSA-C.C. art. 2315, which is the wrongful death statute of this State, and as to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. SealeSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Narcise v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Brenham v. Southern Pacific CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Avondale Shipyards, Inc. v. Vessel Thomas E. CuffeDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1977
- Robert O. Brenham v. Southern Pacific Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Sutton's Steel & Supply, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Cripe v. HaynesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
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