Legal Opinion
Garrett v. Reno Oil Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 24, 1954No. 15547PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASSEY, Chief Justice.
Walter Edwin Garrett was injured within the State of Texas while acting within the scope and course of his employment by the Reno Oil Company, which employer had in force and effect a policy of Workmen’s Compensation Insurance. The compensation insurer made a settlement with Garrett on a lump sum basis, based upon an acknowledgment that the employee was totally and permanently disabled. Subsequently, Dorothy Garrett, wife of the injured employee, prosecuted, or had prosecuted for her by her husband, a suit for damages against the employer on account of the “loss of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Werthan Bag Corp. v. Agnew. Agnew v. Werthan Bag CorpCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Brown v. Georgia-Tennessee Coaches, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
- Ezell v. DodsonTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Ripley v. EwellSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Dini v. NaiditchIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Whittlesey v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Smither and Company, Inc. v. Franciska T. ColesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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