Legal Opinion
Oilfield Safety & Machine Specialties, Inc. v. Harman Unlimited, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1980No. Nos. 79-1145, 79-1211PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
When confronted with two women, each claiming to be the mother of a small child, King Solomon ordered the child cut in two, with one half to be given to each mother. Upon hearing his decree, one of the women insisted that the child be given to her competitor. King Solomon recognized that only the true mother would concede her child in order to save its life, and he ordered the young baby given to its rightful parent. In the case at bar, this Court faces exactly the reverse situation. Charles Hansen was injured while making a safety inspection of an oil drilling…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. CaputoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cardillo v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Banks v. Chicago Grain Trimmers Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gaudet v. Exxon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Household Finance Corp. v. Howard (In Re Howard)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1987
- Andre P. Lazarus v. Chevron Usa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Oilfield Safety and MacHine Specialties, Inc. And the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Harman Unlimited, Inc., Gray & Company, Inc. Charles Hansen and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U. S. Department of Labor, Harman Unlimited, Inc. And Gray & Company, Inc. v. Oilfield Safety, Inc., Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Charles Hansen and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U. S. Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Sirkin and Levine v. TimmonsSuperior Court of Delaware · 1994
- Symanowicz v. Army And Air Force Exchange ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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