Hidalgo v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York

Decision Date10 July 1953
Docket NumberNo. 14242.,14242.
Citation205 F.2d 834
PartiesEdgar HIDALGO, Appellant, v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

James G. Dubuisson, Dubuisson & Dubuisson, Opelousas, La., for appellant.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

In this case the injury occurred in Alabama, which is the only difference between it and the case of Weingartner v. Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company, 5 Cir., 205 F. 2d 833.Therefore, upon the authority of the latter case and the Louisiana statute therein cited, the judgment appealed from, 104 F.Supp. 230, is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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  • Webb v. Zurich Ins. Co.
    • United States
    • Louisiana Supreme Court
    • 11 Diciembre 1967
    ...this 1950 amendment in Weingartner v. Fidelity Mut. Ins. Co. of Indianapolis, 5 Cir., 205 F.2d 833, and Hidalgo v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of N.Y., 5 Cir., 205 F.2d 834, both decided in 1953, with the mere statement that by adopting Act 541 of 1950 the legislature intended 'to limit the app......
  • Guess v. Read
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • 25 Julio 1961
    ...Co., 5 Cir., 1959, 267 F.2d 2; Weingartner v. Fidelity Mutual Insurance Co., 5 Cir., 1953, 205 F.2d 833; Hidalgo v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 5 Cir., 1953, 205 F.2d 834. Cf. McManus v. Delta Fire & Casualty Co., 5 Cir., 1958, 251 F.2d 496. The accident which resulted in the fatal injury did ......
  • Weingartner v. Fidelity Mut. Ins. Co. of Indianapolis
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    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • 10 Julio 1953
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    • Court of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US
    • 21 Noviembre 2006
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