Legal Opinion

Standard Acc. Ins. v. Nicholas

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 30, 1944No. 10972PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

After the Industrial Accident Board of the State of Texas denied coverage under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, *377Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St.Tex. art. 8306 et seq., plaintiff sued the insurance carrier, and the jury held that the plaintiff’s disabilities were due to injuries received while engaged at his labors within the scope of his employment rather than to infantile paralysis.

The question in this case is whether or not the paralyzed condition of the appellee is attributable to an injury received in the course of his employment or to the disease of poliomyelitis, as same…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Morrison v. Le Tourneau Co. of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
  3. Lumbermen's Mut. Casualty Co. v. VaughnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
  4. Federal Underwriters Exchange v. HightowerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  5. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. ZimmermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Travelers Ins. Co. v. BlazierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950
  2. Cora Pub, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Allen v. Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
  4. Cora Pub, Inc., Etc. v. Continental Casualty Co., Etc., Irving Rubin, Intervenors-Appellees. Moss and Son, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Company, Irving Rubin, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. W. Frank Lee, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of W. Frank Lee, Deceased, and Anne H. Lee, Surviving Wife v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956

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