Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Jiffy Executive Limousine Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 9, 1993No. 92-5649PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*239OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated diversity actions arise from a fatal car accident which took the lives of the appellant’s father and of the driver of a limousine hired by a casino to transport one of its patrons from the Philadelphia airport. The main issue we address is whether, under New Jersey law, one (such as the casino) who hires an independent contractor who is uninsured, or financially unable to pay tort judgments, as was the limousine company and its driver, is liable in tort for that independent contractor’s negligence under New Jersey’s “incompetent…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisniewski v. Johns-Manville Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Becker v. Interstate PropertiesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Tyson v. Cigna Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1996
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