Legal Opinion
Wells v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS'INS. CO.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1942No. 10389PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals are from judgments of dismissal as to appellee in separate actions that arose in Louisiana out of a collision in that state of two automobiles. For a further statement of the issues, see the opinion of the District Court, which is reported in 43 F.Supp. 214.
The decisive question below and here was and is whether appellants have the right of direct action in Texas against appellee, the insurer. The court below held that they did not.
*317Under the law of Louisiana the injured party is not required to obtain a judgment against the insured before proceeding…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Grasso v. Cannon Ball Motor Freight LinesTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- Kuntz v. SpenceTexas Commission of Appeals · 1934
- Thurman v. ChandlerTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- Oertel v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
- Graham v. American Employers' Ins. Co. of BostonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company v. Van BuskirkCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Joe W. Collins, as Committee for Travious Riddle Collins, Incompetent v. American Automobile Insurance Company of St. Louis, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Churchman v. IngramLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
- Jones v. CGU Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- Belanger v. Great American Indemnity Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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