Legal Opinion
Travelers Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 19, 1959No. 1952PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
The Travelers Insurance Company, having paid substantial sums in settlement of claims against its assured, J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc., arising out of a multiple automobile collision, is here demanding that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an insurer of one of the cars in the accident, contribute its policy limits 1 as its share of the settlement.
On September 30, 1956, a 1956 Chevrolet sedan, insured by State Farm, owned by Robert T. Carroll, and driven by Lindy Poole, was involved in the collision in suit in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.…
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