Legal Opinion
Willie C. Covington v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America and B. W. Iley, D/B/A Iley Poultry Plant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1958No. 16786_1PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment denying recovery in a Texas workmen’s compensation suit. As originally filed by plaintiff in the state court against a single defendant, Indemnity Insurance Company, the suit was in the nature of an appeal from an unsatisfactory award of the Industrial Accident Board. In his original petition, plaintiff alleged: that Iley was his employer at the time he sustained the injuries complained of; that his employer was a subscriber to workmen’s compensation insurance ; and that the defendant, Indemnity, was his insurance carrier.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Ex Parte NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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