Legal Opinion
Gahagan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided July 31, 1964No. Civ. A. 9925PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Plaintiff sued the Government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2679, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. She claims she sustained damages in an automobile accident which occurred when the car she was driving collided with a car driven by Lumel M. Bamburg, an employee of the Government.
At the time of the accident Bamburg was driving his own automobile in the course of his employment with the United States. Plaintiff sought recovery from State Farm under a policy of insurance it had issued to Bamburg covering the automobile he was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Helvering v. Stockholms Enskilda BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Ohio v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Stanley v. SchwalbySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Burnell Keath Uptagrafft, and State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Adams v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1965
- Government Employees Insurance v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Franklin Mem. Hosp. v. Ms. Farm Bureau Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2008
- Eastman v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1966
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