Legal Opinion
DeMartino v. Zurich Insurance
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 1969No. Civ. A. Nos. 66-1363, 67-1349PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.
The question raised by Defendant’s Motions for Summary Judgment “is whether an employee in Pennsylvania may maintain an action against his employer’s workmen’s compensation insurance carrier for injuries received in the course of his employment on the grounds that the insurance carrier was negligent in failing to make an effective inspection of the employer’s premises and equipment.”
This question would appear to be clearly settled in the negative by Brown v. Travelers Insurance Company, 434 Pa. 507, 254 A.2d 27 [1969], when, for the first time, the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Douglass v. County of PikeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Edward Aaron Mays v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Brown v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Buradus v. General Cement Products Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Nieves v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Antonio Aceto v. Zurich Insurance Company. Maria De Martino, Administratrix of the Estate of Stephano De Martino v. Zurich Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Ettinger, Leonard L., Trustee in Bankruptcy of John S. Milne, Inc. v. Central Penn National BankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Largoza v. General Electric Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Gallick v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
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