Legal Opinion
Birmingham Fire Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Adolph
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1967No. 23086PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case is a vestige of the days when a loophole in the diversity jurisdiction statutes permitted nearly every Louisiana automobile accident plaintiff to take *950a jaunt through the federal courts.1 Mrs. Oliver Adolph brings this action individually and on behalf of her three minor children against the Birminghan Fire Insurance Company to recover for the death of her husband, who died as a result of an automobile accident December 19, 1961. The question is whether members of a Louisiana partnership are employees of their partnership for the purposes of a cross-employee…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pullen v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Trappey v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- The Travelers Insurance Company v. Mrs. Ada Z. Brown, Individually, and as Natural Tutrix of Ambrose Floyd Brown, Jr., Thomas Harry Brown, Sandra Laverne Brown and Vickie Helen Brown v. John W. Scott v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Hanover Fire Insurance Company v. Martha Sides and Russell L. SidesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Greyhound Corp. v. DeweyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Mrs. Oliver Adolph, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Dale, Susette and Jean, Mrs. Oliver Adolph, Individually and on Behalf of Her Monor Children, Dale, Susette and Jean v. Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967