Legal Opinion
Pennington v. Justiss-Mears Oil Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 6, 1961No. 45446PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
On August 16, 1957 C. B. Pennington, Jr. was accidentally killed at the site of oil drilling operations conducted by employees of the Justiss-Mears Oil Company, Inc. Surviving were his wife and their three minor children, two, three and four years of age.
Thereafter the widow instituted the instant suit to recover for herself and for the minors damages arising out of her husband’s death, she alleging that it was occasioned by negligent acts committed in the drilling of the well. Named defendants were the mentioned drilling company and its liability insurer, the Hartford…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McFarland v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- Cassar v. Mansfield Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Brown v. S. A. Bourg & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- Marler v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
- Dobyns v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Jordan v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Viator v. GilbertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
- Penn v. Inferno Manufacturing CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Chaney v. BrupbacherLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Gulotta v. CutshawSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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