Legal Opinion

Dorothy Milam Jernigan v. Allstate Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 12, 1959No. 17582_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Allstate Insurance Company, brought this action in the lower court seeking declaratory judgment that it was not liable under its automobile liability policy issued to William B. Reites, insured, for the death of Mack Franklin Jernigan and damage to his automobile, on the ground that Beatrice Adams, insured’s aunt operating the automobile covered by said policy, intentionally and willfully drove said automobile over said Jernigan, inflicting the injuries from which he died. The court below, sitting without jury and trying the case upon a written stipulation of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. ElbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. West v. Monroe Bakery, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  3. Farm Bureau Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. HammerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  4. Georgia Cas. Co. v. Alden MillsMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Sontag v. GalerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. RobertsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
  2. Esmond v. LISCIOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Calcasieu-Marine National Bank of Lake Charles v. American Employers' Insurance Co., Louisiana Bank & Trust Co., Cross v. The Employers Liability Assurance Corp., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. Tomlin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Liability InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Miller Oil Purchasing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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