Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Mobil Oil Corp.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 28, 2002No. Nos. 1:99-CV-156, 1:71-CV-087Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COBB, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Ozan Patterson and John Ballenger filed suits for relief from judgments entered over 25 years ago in Ballenger’s case, and unstated times in Patterson’s case (or cases), each case based on alleged RICO violations by Mobil Oil Corporation and various insurance companies, upon a theory that alleged Mobil was in fact uninsured and also it falsely represented to its employees (in Ballenger’s case, his beneficiaries) it had a valid policy of workers’ compensation insurance. Thus, the theory continues, Mobil was liable for injuries or death if such…
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- Nucor Corporation v. Nebraska Public Power DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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