Ellis v. Trustmark Builders, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a federal court sitting in diversity, applies the choice-of-law principles of the forum state when interpreting a contract
• “When sitting in diversity, we apply the choice-of-law rules of the forum state . . . to determine which state’s substantive law should apply.”
• in suit governed by Mississippi’s choice-of-law rules, applying Restatement Second’s section 145 to plaintiffs tort claim for negligence against a third-party tortfeasor following work-related injury for which he had previously received workers’ compensation benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Henry Sims, Jr. v. Kia Motors of America, I
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-10-05· cited 75×
• Ballard v. Devon Energy Production Co., LP
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-04-19· cited 32×
• McGee v. Arkel International, LLC
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-02-16· cited 24×
• Clinton Williams v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-28· cited 15×
• Fortune v. Taylor Fortune Group, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-08-04· cited 4×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Shoemake
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-05-29· cited 3×
• Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi Inc. v. King Construction of Houston, LLC
  N.D. Mississippi· 2014-03-17· cited 3×
• Lagrone Construction, LLC v. Landmark, LLC
  N.D. Mississippi· 2014-08-22· cited 1×
• Carson v. USAA Casualty Ins
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-08-06· cited 1×
• A. Ballard v. Devon Louisiana Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-05-08
• Henry Sims, Jr. v. Kia Motors of America, I
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-10-11

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mitchell v. Craft
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 177×
• McDaniel v. Ritter
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-29· cited 116×
• Brown v. Estess
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-08-22· cited 33×
• Laura Garner Davis v. National Gypsum Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-10-15· cited 29×
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Foundation Health Services, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-09· cited 26×
• Milford Wendell Posey, Jr. v. Union Carbide Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-04-21· cited 21×
• Joseph R. Burbank v. Ford Motor Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-04-25· cited 11×
• Scotty Duhon v. Union Pacific Resources Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-02-07· cited 10×
• In Re Estate of Blanton
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-06-13· cited 9×
• Salyer v. Mason Technologies, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-03-27· cited 8×
• Darvin Ray Dueitt v. John Paul Williams, Don Acy and George Bodman
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-07-12· cited 5×