Legal Opinion
Patricia Winterberg James Winterberg, Individually and as Husband and Wife v. Transportation Insurance Company T/a Cna Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 14, 1995No. 95-1206PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
The Pennsylvania state legislature, in 1915, enacted its first Workmen’s Compensation Act (“the Act”) in response to strong public sentiment. It was a humanitarian measure providing no-fault compensation to substantially all workers for injuries sustained during the course of employment. The primary purpose of the legislation was to substitute a method of accident insurance in place of com mon rights and liabilities “which would afford a workman a measure of protection against injuries and relief in ease of accident, which was denied under existing…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Poyser v. Newman & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Romano v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- D'AMBROSIO v. Pa. Nat. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Martin v. Lancaster Battery Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Lewis v. School Dist. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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3Cited by46 opinions
- 78 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 1434, 79 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 160, 74 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,727, 75 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,727 Durham Life Insurance Company v. Dianne Evans (e.d.pa.no. 94-Cv-00801). Dianne Evans, in No. 97-1712 v. Peoples Security Life Insurance Company (e.d.pa.no. 95-Cv-02681). Durham Life Insurance Company and Peoples Security Life Insurance Company, in No. 97-1683Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Regina Polselli Rudolph R. Polselli (Intervenor-Plaintiff in d.c.) v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Regina PolselliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- U.S. Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Nealy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Jung v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
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