Legal Opinion
Hunteman v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1941No. 9644PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Henry Hunteman was fatally injured while working as a subcontractor on a construction project in New Orleans, Louisiana. Plis surviving widow and children brought this suit for damages against New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Arthur J. Rife, and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, alleging that the injury resulted from their joint and concurrent negligence, and asking judgment in solido against them.
The court below granted the motion of New Orleans Public Service, Inc., to dismiss the suit, as against it, on the ground that the complaint failed to state a claim upon…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. River Rouge Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Hohorst v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Morrison v. BurnetteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Atwater v. North American Coal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- United States v. GiraultSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Reeves v. BeardallSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Republic of China v. American Express Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Leonard v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
- Susie Parker Nettles and Alvie C. Nettles v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Limited and Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Clark v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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