Legal Opinion

Ætna Life Ins. v. Windham

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 4, 1931No. 6241PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an insurance carrier under the workmen’s compensation laws of Texas, at the close of the evidence moved for an instructed verdict. This motion was refused. The ease was sent to the jury on charges submitting to them, as an issue of fact, whether plaintiff’s injuries were received by him while in the course of his employment in the furtherance of his employer’s business. From a verdict and judgment finding the injuries compensable, this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant contends here, as it did in the trial court, that the evidence presented no issue of fact…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lumberman's Reciprocal Ass'n. v. BehnkenTexas Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Guderian v. Sterling Sugar & Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  3. Meucci v. Gallatin Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Claim of Field v. Charmette Knitted Fabric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
  5. Zygmuntowicz v. American Steel & Wire Co. of New JerseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Casualty Reciprocal Exchange v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
  2. Associated Employers Lloyds v. WigginsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  3. General Accident, Fire & Life Assur. Corp. v. CrowellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
  4. Southern Pac. Co. v. SheppeardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
  5. Davis v. BennettDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1953

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