Legal Opinion
Collins v. American Automobile Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 3, 1955PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMIERI, District Judge.
This is an action against an insurance company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by T. R. Collins as a result of being struck by an automobile owned and operated by the defend*229ant’s insured, one E. H. Duffy. The action is based on the Louisiana direct action statute, La.Rev.Stat., Tit. 22, § 655 (1950), LSA-R.S. 22:655, which gives an injured person the privilege of bringing an action against the insurer of the person who is allegedly responsible for the injury without having first sued that person.
The liability insurance policy upon which the action…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. ElbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brown v. WalterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Gilbert v. Gulf Oil CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
- Simons v. SimonsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Joe W. Collins, as Committee for Travious Riddle Collins, Incompetent v. American Automobile Insurance Company of St. Louis, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Elliott v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Canadian Indemnity Co. v. State Automobile Ins. Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1959