Legal Opinion
Employers' Liability Assur. Corp., Limited v. Lejeune
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1951No. 13407_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought by direct action against the two appellants, the public liability insurers of Gulf Public Service Co., Inc., the suit, as to each, was for damages to the limit of the policy coverage $5000 as to “Employers” and $250,000 as to “Excess”, for the death by electrocution from contact with a fallen wire belonging to Gulf Company, their insured.
The negligence claimed was permitting a dangerously charged and inadequately insulated wire to fall and remain upon the public streets.
Service was had upon both companies by serving the Secretary of State. Employers, which had…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Old Wayne Mut. Life Assn. of Indianapolis v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Frene v. Louisville Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Rosenthal v. Frankfort Distillers Corp. Rosenthal v. Glazer's Wholesale Drug Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Arthur C. Roumel v. Drill Well Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Zacharakis v. Bunker Hill Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Mosley v. Nationwide Purchasing, Inc.Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals · 1973
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