Legal Opinion
Luther F. Anderson v. Joseph Papillion
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1971No. 71-1295PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal is from the dismissal of a personal injury action as barred by the applicable one year Louisiana prescription statute. 1 We affirm for the reasons summarized below.
Anderson, a citizen of Texas, was injured in an automobile accident in Louisiana. He brought suit in the court below under claimed diversity jurisdiction against Papillion, the driver of the truck, the other vehicle involved in the accident, and his insurer (under an om nibus clause, not as the named insured which was the owner, Export Cartage, Inc.). It developed from the Marshal’s return of service that the defendant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Salvatore J. Sylvestri v. The Warner & Swasey Co., Inc., Salvatore J. Sylvestri v. Comad, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Venterella v. PaceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Michael Lindsey v. Dayton-Hudson Corporation, D/B/A Target Stores, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Ellis v. Great Southwestern Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ingram v. KumarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Curtis Fawvor v. Texaco, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party v. Foster Wheeler Corporation, Third-Party B & B Insulation, Inc., Defendant-Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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