Legal Opinion
Ranger Insurance v. Culberson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1971No. 71-1515PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
The facts of these two consolidated cases, both the tragic and the technical, are not in dispute. An airplane crash in New York claimed the lives of two men, and we are asked to construe the insurance policy that allegedly covered one of them, the pilot. The district court, on cross-motions for summary *860judgment, held that the policy was in effect during the accident. We affirm.
W. A. Culberson, the insured and the pilot of the private airplane, styled a Cessna 210A, purchased his airplane and an insurance policy during the same day. These transactions and the delivery…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Pink v. A. A. A. Highway Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Johnson v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Loftin v. United States Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Glover v. National Insurance UnderwritersTexas Supreme Court · 1977
- Imperial Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Imperial Carpet Mills, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Association, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Ranger Insurance Company v. Mrs. Miriam G. Culberson, as of the Estate of W. A. Culberson, Carol Brown MacLean as v. Miriam G. Culberson, as Administratrix, Defendant-Third Party v. Ranger Insurance Company, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
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