Legal Opinion
Maria Rodriguez, Individually and as Next Friend of Antonio and Evangelina Rodriguez, Minors, and Daniel Rodriguez v. Great American Indemnity Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1957No. 16426PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., by the widow and child of the deceased employee, the suit was for death benefits provided by the Act for compensable injuries.
The claim was that, though the death had occurred not during, but after, working hours and not at his place of work, but as a result of a fire in his lodgings after he had retired for the night, decedent’s death was, nevertheless, com-pensable under the statute as one occurring in the- course of, and originating in, his employment within the meaning of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Voehl v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Smith v. Texas Employers' InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- American Indemnity Co. v. DinkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- American Mutual Liability Insurance v. ParkerTexas Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Shelton v. Standard Insurance CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- National Surety Corporation v. Mrs. Ollie Bellah, and Husband, W. F. BellahCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Knox v. BatsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- Brown v. Palmer Construction Company, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. Ronald Jerrols, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2012
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