Legal Opinion
Roy Griffin Davis v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1976No. 74--3825PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff, Roy Griffin Davis, injured his hand while working at a corrugator machine as an employee of a company for which the defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, was the workmen’s compensation carrier. Despite the fact that Davis had received workmen’s compensation benefits from Liberty Mutual, he filed his Alabama diversity action to recover additional damages because of Liberty Mutual’s alleged negligence in conducting certain safety inspections. He contends that had the inspections been conducted properly, the placement of a protective shield on the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Beasley v. MacDonald Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Heirs of Ude C. Fruge v. Blood Services and Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Lester Stacy v. The Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Blount Brothers Construction Company v. RoseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Fitzpatrick v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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- Willard Rushing and Patricia Rushing v. Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Van Lee Brewer, Van Lee Brewer and Claude Harris v. B. WilkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Michael Lindsey v. Dayton-Hudson Corporation, D/B/A Target Stores, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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