Legal Opinion
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York v. John Funel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1967No. 23285PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The diversity case, arising under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, 1 2 con-cerns an industrial accident which occurred in Cameron, Louisiana, in 1961. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, John Funel, in the amount of $75,900.3 The insurance company appeals, urging among other grounds that the trial court should have upheld its plea of prescription and that the court erred in admitting certain hearsay evidence. These contentions present nice questions of law, but we do not reach them. We reverse because there was no evidence of the defendant’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dallas County v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Monarch Insurance Company of Ohio v. May Spach, as Receiver for Ro-Ben, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Day v. National US Radiator CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- Pilie v. National Food Stores of Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,213 Hill York Corporation v. American International Franchises, Inc., Gurn H. FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Dickerson v. Continental Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Charles Cater and Gulf American Fire and Casualty Company v. Gordon Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Transammonia Export Corporation, Cross v. Conserv, Inc., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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