Legal Opinion
Connecticut Fire Insurance v. Illinois Central Railroad
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 15, 1968No. 3115PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL, Judge.
This appeal was taken by plaintiff, sub-rogee collision insurer of Gonzales Memorials, Inc., from a judgment dismissing its suit against the defendant railroad company. The suit is for reimbursement of $4,288.25, the property loss claim plaintiff paid its insured for damages to the latter’s flatbed truck with attached hydraulic crane, which damages resulted from the truck’s collision with a defendant tank car.
The trial court concluded the proximate cause of the accident was the concurrent negligence of the defendant’s train crew and the Gonzales Memorials truck driver. In this…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Glatt v. HintonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Hassell v. CollettiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
- Delahoussaye v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Burnett v. MarchandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Butler v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. StidomLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Poret v. SpencerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973