Legal Opinion

General Insurance Company of America, and Interveners, Sherman L. Jones v. Western Fire & Casualty Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 26, 1957No. 16196PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Here, as now elsewhére so common, e. g., Continental Casualty Co. v. Suttenfield, 5 Cir., 236 F.2d 433, 435; United Services Automobile Ass’n v. Russom, 5 Cir., 241 F.2d 296, the traffic accident has become a mere incident to the vigorous battle between insurers, each of whom by a full use of fluid inconsistent defenses reminiscent of c immon law pleading disclaim all liability but then assert that another, not it, is liable. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 235 F.2d 679.

In that struggle, substituted for the forgotten…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. United Services Automobile Association v. James B. RussomCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  2. Kuntz v. SpenceTexas Commission of Appeals · 1934
  3. Niagara Insurance v. LeeTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Didlake v. Standard Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
  5. McFarland v. Chicago Exp., Inc. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. American Employers' Ins. Co. Of Boston, MassCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  2. American Automobile Insurance Co. v. Republic Indemnity Co.California Supreme Court · 1959
  3. United Services Automobile Association v. James B. RussomCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  4. American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  5. Viani v. Aetna Insurance CompanyIdaho Supreme Court · 1972

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