Harris v. Traders General Ins. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brister v. Wray Dickinson Co. · 10 La. App. 382 - Matthews v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. · Johnson v. Employers Liability Assur. Corp. · Hidalgo County Water Improvement Dist. No. 2 v. Feick · Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Doyle
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“* * * The purpose of the requirement that a suit be brought by the claimant within one year after the accident under the penalty of barring his recovery is of a three fold nature; (1) to enable the employer to determine when his potential liability for an accident would cease; (2) as a matter of public policy to prevent suits based on stale claims where the evidence might be destroyed or difficult to produce; (3) to fix a statute of repose giving rise to a conclusive presumption of waiver of his claim on the part of an employee where he fails to bring his suit within the fixed period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“After the dismissal of his suit by the District Court of Gregg County, Texas, plaintiff filed suit, on February 15, 1938, in the District Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, obviously with the hope of obtaining personal service on the legal representatives of L.T. Campbell, which hope was never realized. The insurance company was cited through the Secretary of State of Louisiana, and made a special appearance to enter an exception of no jurisdiction ratione personae, which exception was properly sustained by the Caddo Parish Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It appears that the plaintiff was employed in Caddo Parish Louisiana, in the motor transportation business, by L.T. Campbell, a resident of Gregg County, Texas, and that the said Campbell carried workmen's compensation insurance under the terms of the Louisiana statute with the defendant insurance company, a corporation domiciled and having its principal place of business out of the State, but doing business in the State of Louisiana.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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