CASTILLE v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 22296.

356 F.2d 509 (1966)

Vera Louise CASTILLE, Individually, etc. and Continental Casualty Company, Appellants, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Labbe, Lafayette, La., Lawrence K. Burleigh, Morgan City, La., for appellants.

J. J. Davidson, Jr., Lafayette, La., Reginald W. Farrar, Jr., Lake Charles, La., Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellee, Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.

Before BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges and FISHER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from judgments sustaining the motions of Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company for summary judgment. These companies were sued under the Louisiana direct action statute along with two other insurance carriers for damages allegedly arising out of wrongful death. The decisive question is whether the suit was barred by the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation statute.

Aetna and Liberty Mutual were the...

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