Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1968No. 21670-APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity action governed by Oregon law, commenced and prosecuted by the administrator of the estate of William Ira Pate, deceased, (hereinafter Administrator) against State Farm Mutual Insurance Company to recover damages for failure to settle the claim of one Donald L. Brewer against Pate within the limits of a $10,000 automobile liability insurance policy issued by State Farm. It is the aftermath of a suit for personal injuries prosecuted by Brewer against Pate in an Oregon State court. State Farm had undertaken Pate’s defense pursuant to a reservation of…
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- American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Radcliffe v. Franklin National InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1956
- Foundation Reserve Insurance Company v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968