Legal Opinion
Doreen M. White v. Excalibur Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1979No. 77-2250PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
When James Madison praised the benefits of federalism, he could not anticipate the problems that would be raised by the synergistic interaction on a complex industrial society of federal and state statutory plans having diverse aims. A federal statute, the Interstate Motor Common Carrier Act, 49 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., makes motor carriers responsible for the torts of employees of the independent contractors from whom the carrier leases vehicles. Georgia has enacted a workmen’s compensation law, and its statutes also govern the insurance obligations of motor…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Simmons v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Roberta R. Wellman and Ward W. Wellman v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- James M. Proctor v. Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Morris v. JTM Materials, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2002
- North American Van Lines, Inc. v. Emmons, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2001
- Sara Price v. David M. Westmoreland, Utah Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Hogan v. J. Higgins Trucking, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2006
- Wilkerson v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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