Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Sanderson & Porter
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1945No. 12890PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The question which this Court is called upon to decide is whether a general contractor is, as to the employees of subcontractors carrying workmen’s compensation insurance, a “third party” who, under § 40 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Arkansas, Act 319 of the Acts of Arkansas, 1939, p. 777; Cum.Supp. to Pope’s Ark.Stat.1944, p. 1360, may be sued for common-law negligence. So far as pertinent here, § 40 provides: “The making of a claim for compensation against any employer or an insurance carrier for the injury or death of an employee shall not affect the right of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- McDonald v. Levinson Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Bogoratt v. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Bunner v. PattiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
- Gallivan v. Wark Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Fox v. DunningSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Russell v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation v. Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, Deceased, and Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation, Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation, and Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Mogis v. Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Otis L. Corban v. Skelly Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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