Legal Opinion
Fontenot v. Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided September 21, 1956No. Civ. A. 5352, 5353PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, District Judge.
These consolidated eases arise out of a fire which occurred on January 25, 1955, on a lease of Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in the “Pine Prairie Field” in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. They present two more of the ever increasing tort suits brought by covered and fully compensated employees of a contractor against the principal.
The two complaints and the respective causes of action are almost identical except one involves a death action and the other a personal injury suit. Defendant seeks summary judgment in each case on the theory that no material fact issue is in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kern v. Southport Mill, Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Thibodaux v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Benoit v. Hunt Tool Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Thibodaux v. Sun Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
- Speed v. PageSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Jack Arnold and Neal M. Demesia v. Shell Oil Company, Defendant-Third Party v. Liberty Welding and Iron Works, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Otis L. Corban v. Skelly Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Frank Maddox v. Aetna Casualty and Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Louis Fontenot and Viola Andrus v. Stanolind Oil and Gas Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- William Massey v. Rowan Drilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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