Legal Opinion
Webster v. Clodfelter
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 4, 1941No. Civ. A. No. 9797PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Justice.
Plaintiff alleges that he was appointed administrator of the estate of Ernest Nor*63man Webster, Jr., deceased, on the 22d day of January, 1940, and that he was appointed guardian of said decedent’s minor son on the 29th day of March, 1940. He alleges that the defendant negligently caused the death of said decedent on the 17th day of November, 1939, under such circumstances, that if death had not ensued, said decedent would have been entitled to maintain an action against the defendant, “or to receive compensation from decedent’s employer, or his employer’s insurance carrier.”…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Claim of Zirpola v. T. & E. Casselman, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Phoenix Indemnity Co. v. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Graham & Norton Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Chapman v. Griffith-Consumers Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Graham & Norton Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
3Cited by1 opinion
- Tate v. NelsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1947