Legal Opinion
Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1963No. 19599PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff’s decedent, Brenda Butler, a Negro girl not quite sixteen years old, was burned to death as a result of performing a “fire dance” as part of a talent show at the YWCA by the Larry & Frank Teen-Age Fan Club of New Orleans. “Larry” and “Frank” are two fictitious characters in a disc jockey show Alvin R. McKinley regularly conducted on Radio WYLD in New Orleans.
Mrs. Butler, under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, sued Columbia Casualty Company, the YWCA’s insurer and The Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., WYLD’s insurer. At the close of the…
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- Gloria Mae Brown, in Person, and on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Joann and Velda Marie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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