Legal Opinion
Travelers Insurance Company v. J. R. Truitt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1960No. 18136_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Here we are called upon to apply Texas substantive principles for recovery under its Workmen’s Compensation Statute. Tex.Civ.Stat., arts. 8306-8309 (Vernon’s Ann.C.iv.St.). The District Court, based on a jury verdict submitted on a special interrogatories finding the Employee totally disabled for 301 weeks, entered judgment for the Employee. Truitt v. Travelers Ins. Co., D.C.S.D.Tex., 1959, 175 F.Supp. 67. From this judgment the Employer’s Insurer appeals specifying nineteen errors which largely boil down to an assertion that the District Court failed to instruct…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Stoner v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Marsh v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Six Companies of Cal. v. Joint Highway Dist. No. 13 of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Irma Dreiling, Widow of Leo McLelland v. General Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- David L. Morrison, Cross-Appellants v. Frito-Lay, Inc., and Marilyn L. Taggart, Cross- Margaret E. Tepper Johnson v. Roseland M. BostwickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Trinity Universal Insurance Company v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
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