Legal Opinion
Mrs. May Sketchler Demandre, Wife Of, and Celestin Demandre v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1959No. 17420_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit for damages instituted by Mrs. Demandre against the Insurer under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute. LSA-R.S., Tit. 22, § 655. The Insurer had issued a Comprehensive General Liability policy to Touro Infirmary, one of New Orleans largest hospitals. The claim was that the hospital had negligently failed to place sideboards on her hospital bed with the result that while under extensive sedation she had fallen out of the bed.
As the policy undertook to “pay on behalf of [Touro Infirmary] all sums which [it] shall become legally obligated to pay as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Norman Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Beverly Carss v. Outboard Marine CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Livingston S. Hiern v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Crazy Water Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1942
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Captain Tom Barber v. The Motor Vessel "Blue Cat", a 32' Catamaran, Her Engines, Apparel, Tackle and EquipmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Elbert Berry HudsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Travelers Insurance Company v. Busy Electric Company, Z. Kermit Remy and Raymond VoelkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Andrew L. Mannings, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Willie M. Mannings v. Board of Public Instruction of Hillsborough County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Hollis E. Case v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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