Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. W. J. Bourne, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1955No. 15271_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs below, Bourne, the owner and driver of the automobile, and two guests claiming damages as a result of a collision with a car being negligently driven by one Lewis, brought this suit under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, LSA-R.S. 22:655, against appellant as Lewis’s liability insurer, joining in the suit Texas Bitulithic Corporation, Lewis’s employer, and Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, as its liability and insurance carrier.
All of the defendants answered the complaint, but, after answer filed and before the cause was reached for trial, each…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Gattegno v. ParisianTexas Commission of Appeals · 1982
- Bolton v. ZieglerDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1953
- Guarisco v. Pennsylvania Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- City of Amarillo v. Olive CopelandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
3Cited by6 opinions
- Mrs. Chester Billiot, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Her Minor Daughter, Kathy Ann v. Sewart Seacraft, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Leger v. Drilling Well Control, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1976
- Livant v. LivantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Cudd v. Great American Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1962
- Rice v. Traders & General Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
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