Legal Opinion
Brown v. Travelers Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 28, 1969No. Appeal, 414PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Jones,
On May 15, 1963, Kenneth C. Brown (appellant) was injured in the course of his employment with the Reynolds Metals Company. Reynolds’ workmen’s compensation insurance carrier, The Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers), accepted appellant’s claim for compensation under the provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §1 et seq.) and made payments to appellant pursuant to the schedule established by the Act.
Appellant then brought an action in trespass against Travelers, alleging that Travelers’…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Nelson v. Union Wire Rope Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1964
- Rich Hill Coal Company v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Fabricius v. Montgomery Elevator CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
- Smith v. American Employers' InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1960
- Edward Aaron Mays v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Beasley v. MacDonald Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Kifer v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Kramer v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Santiago v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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