Legal Opinion
Custer v. Higgins Industries
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 14, 1946No. 18359PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for workman's compensation. It is brought by Manola Custer, widow of the deceased employee, August Vath, who, on behalf of herself and three minor children, Eugene Joseph, Patricia Ann and Janet Claire, prays for judgment of $20 per week for three hundred weeks and also for the amount expended or due for medical and hospital bills and for the burial of the deceased.
The defendants are Higgins Industries, Inc., by which corporation the deceased was employed, and Maryland Casualty Company, the liability and compensation insurance carrier of the said employer.
There was judgment…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Behan v. John B. Honor Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co. v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- Robichaux v. Realty Operators, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Jackson v. Travelers' Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Biggs v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Insurance Company of North America v. MyersTexas Supreme Court · 1966
- Norman Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Carruthers v. PPG Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
- Seals v. Potlatch Forests, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Geist v. Martin Decker Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
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