Legal Opinion
Del Rio v. Northern Blower Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 11, 1978No. Nos. 77-1379, 77-1522PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
In July, 1970 Jose Del Rio, in the course of his employment by Fibre Processing Corporation in Manchester, New Hampshire, suffered personal injury while operating a waste picker manufactured by a third party. He made claim against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Fibre’s workmen’s compensation carrier, and ultimately made a lump sum settlement totaling $24,695. Under New Hampshire law, Liberty was entitled to sue the third party in Del Rio’s name, or Del Rio was entitled to bring suit himself, and recover if the machinery were defective or negligently…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- La Buy v. Howes Leather Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Smith v. American Employers' InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1960
- Amerigo Padovani v. Honorable Walter BruchhausenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Bilodeau v. Oliver Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1976
- Wolff v. Laverne, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Newton v. A.C. & S., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- National Association of Government Employees, Inc. v. National Federation of Federal Employees, and Maria Luisa A. InocencioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Patricia J. Kothe v. Dr. James W. Smith, Dr. Andrew D. Kerr, Jr., M.D., P.C., and Andrew D. Kerr, Dr. James W. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Joseph J. Hess, Jr. v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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