Legal Opinion
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation and Insurance Company of North America v. Eustace J. Matherne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1965No. 21105PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Eustace J. Matherne was a carpenter-foreman employed in the building of a high school at Houma, Louisiana. On September 7, 1960, he was struck on the head by a falling boom of a Michigan T-20 crane and was horribly injured. This action was originally filed in June 1961 to recover damages for his personal injuries, but death from the injuries and ensuing complications intervened in March 1963. His widow and nine children were substituted as parties plaintiff.
The falling boom had been released by the fracture or cracking of a “Jal Klamp” fitting on one of its pendant lines…
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- Lever Bros. Co. v. Atlas Assur. Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
- Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. M. Patricia BreslinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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