Legal Opinion
State Mutual Life Assurance Co. v. Dorsey
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1966No. Nos. 22480, 22481PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.
These appeals, consolidated by the parties for briefing and argument and by the court for decision, arise out of diversity suits brought to recover death benefits under accident insurance policies. The *601suits are identical except as to the amounts involved.
Roby Robinson, the insured decedent in No. 22,480 and David J. Murphy, the insured decedent in No. 22,481, were killed on June 3, 1962 while passengers on a Boeing 707 Intercontinental Jet Aircraft of Compagnie Nationale Air France when it crashed while attempting to take off from Orly Field, Paris, France.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. HvoslefSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Loftin v. United States Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Wolverine Insurance v. Jack Jordan, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Peach State Uniform Service, Inc. v. The American Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Marcos Garcia v. The Queen, Ltd., and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts v. Sam Adams Dorsey, State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts v. The Citizens & Southern National Bank, of the Estate of David J. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966