Legal Opinion
Webb v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided May 20, 1957No. Civ. A. No. 821PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY . E. WATKINS, District Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether the plaintiff was within the “course of his employment” at the moment he was injured when a truck in which he was riding home from work, owned by his employer and driven by a fellow employee, went off the road. Defendant had issued a public liability automobile insurance policy to plaintiff's employer, the Board of Education of Mingo County, West Virginia, covering the vehicle, which contained an exception from coverage for injuries sustained by employees while in the course of their employment.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Donovan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Ayres v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- Lumber Mutual Casualty Ins. Co. v. StukesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Lamm v. Silver Falls Timber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1929
- Elliott v. BehnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
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3Cited by5 opinions
- James Q. Bryan and Gratha Bryan v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Clinchfield Railroad v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1958
- Jones v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1985
- Travelers Corporation v. BoyerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1969
- Cotton Belt Insurance Company, Inc. v. K. M. Wall, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth M. Wall, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974