Columbia Casualty Company v. Eichleay Corporation

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

It appears from the record in this case that in 1948 the Aluminum Company of America, referred to here as Alcoa, was engaged in constructing a large plant near Davenport in Iowa, and that in November of that year, one Earl Barnes, an employee of a contractor on the job, namely the Central Asbestos and Supply Company was injured through the negligence of Alcoa’s servants. Barnes sued Alcoa in the state court and that company requested the appellant Columbia Casualty Company to defend the action. The insurance company refused and on the trial Barnes obtained a judgment…