Legal Opinion
Emmett W. Pryor and Pacific Employers Insurance Company v. Lee C. Moore, Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1959No. 5871PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Pryor, was injured in the course of his employment on an oil well drilling rig, when the mast, sometimes called a derrick, collapsed under the tensile strain of a pipe-loosening and pulling operation. Having received workmen’s compensation under the laws of Oklahoma, Pryor and his employer’s compensation insurance carrier sued the appellee-manufacturer of the derrick as in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1050, L.R.A.1916F 696, 1 claiming that a defective weld at the foot of one leg of the derrick caused it to collapse under the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Helen Hanna, Cicero Hanna v. Annie C. Fletcher, Trustee of Estate of Florence Johnson, Benjamin F. Fletcher, and Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Consolidated Gas & Equipment Company of America v. Clarence F. Carver and La Junta Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Fred Fredericks v. American Export Lines, Inc. S. J. Farrington Iron Works, Inc. v. John W. McGrath CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Willey v. Fyrogas Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Kuisis v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Ulmer v. Ford Motor Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1969
- Mike Bruce v. Martin-Marietta Corporation and Ozark Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- Bradford v. Bendix-Westinghouse Auto. Air Brake Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1973
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