Legal Opinion
American Motorists Insurance Company v. Mrs. Vera Landes, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Dorothy Jean Landes
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1958No. 16730_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
L. W. Landes was an employee of General Dynamics Corporation at its Convair plant in Tarrant County, Texas. On July 15, 1955, he sustained, while at work, a muscle strain in his upper right abdomen. At 6:05 on that evening he reported the accident at the company infirmary and its record showed the occurrence as happening at 6:00 p. m. Landes died on July 1, 1956, nearly a year after the strain was received, from a malignant tumor which existed prior to the receiving of the strain but which was undetected for some time thereafter.
The widow of Landes, for herself and for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. TalmadgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Safety Casualty Co. v. WallsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Halleck v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Thomas M. Hannigan and Tru-Han Corporation v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Rabon v. Automatic Fasteners, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Gerhart v. Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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