Legal Opinion

Caribou Four Corners, Inc. v. Truck Insurance Exchange

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 10, 1971No. Nos. 109-70, 110-70PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a three-way fight to determine the liability of insurance carriers. Williams, a truck driver employed byAshworth Transfer, Inc., was injured while pipe consigned to Caribou Four Corners, Inc., an oil company, was being unloaded on a public street in Davis County, Utah. The accident occurred when a crane used to unload pipe from the truck struck a high-voltage power line and the electrical discharge burned Williams.

In effect at the time of the accident were (1) a comprehensive liability policy issued by Truck Insurance Exchange to Ashworth and covering its…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Tozer v. Charles A. Krause Milling Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
  2. Pacific Automobile Ins. v. Commercial Casualty Ins. Co. of New YorkUtah Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Stephens Industries, Inc., and Morris Stephens v. Haskins and Sells, Axel Ahlberg, Jack Crane and Arlo M. HallCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
  4. Baruch v. Beech Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
  5. Frank Abel and John G. Grimes v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PoundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Pierce v. Cook & Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
  3. Claudiatte Pierce, as Surviving Widow of Teddy Joe Pierce, Deceased, for Herself and Letitia Pierce, Minor Child of Teddy Joe Pierce, Deceased v. Cook & Co., Inc., Stephen Ellenwood, a Minor Under the Age of 21 Years, Who Sues by Judson Ellenwood, as Next Friend v. Cook & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
  4. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1972
  5. Bulloch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985

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