Legal Opinion
Robert J. Jones v. Reliance Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 28, 1979No. 78-1064PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
Robert J. Jones instituted this litigation against Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance) to recover benefits on an insurance policy providing for payment of $63,000 in the event that Jones failed to receive a flight engineers certificate — an annually renewable testament of physical health required of all flight engineers by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the interest of air safety. 1 After an initial mistrial, 2
Jones won a jury verdict, upon which the District Court entered judgment. 3 Reliance appeals, complaining of the District Court’s…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- John A. Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Globe Liquor Co. v. San RomanSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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