Legal Opinion
Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 12, 1961No. Civ. A. Nos. 6131, 7449PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
These actions1 arise from an accident in which Robert Germany was fatally injured when an oil well derrick collapsed.
Crow Drilling Company, Inc. (Crow), a Delaware corporation authorized to do and doing business in Arkansas and Louisiana, owned a part interest in and was operator of the well, located near Magnolia, Arkansas. Having determined that the well should be equipped with a pump in order to increase its production, Crow engaged J. B. Downs, Inc. (Downs), a well-servicing company, to perform the necessary operations of removing a “packer” from the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Griffin v. McCoachSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. SpencerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Michigan Mutual Liability Company v. Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
- Eagle Fire Insurance Company of New York v. HaskinsDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1965
- Emp. Mut. Liab. Ins. v. Farm Bur. Mut. Ins.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. HOUSTON FIRE & C. INS. CO.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1961
- Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977