Legal Opinion
Colbert v. Home Indemnity Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 3, 1970PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGabrielli, J.
As a result of injuries sustained in a one-car automobile accident Aleck Whatley recovered a verdict against the plaintiff herein in the amount of $225,000. Plaintiff’s insurance carrier (defendants herein) paid the $10,000 policy limit to Whatley and received a partial satisfaction of judgment. Thereafter, plaintiff commenced this action for the balance of the verdict recovered against him, alleging bad faith by reason *328of defendants’ refusal to settle Whatley’s action for the sum of $10,000 which, plaintiff claims, could have been done prior to the commencement of the trial of the negligence…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Younger v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company v. Therion Omer WoodCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- Hall v. Preferred Acc. Ins. Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
3Cited by7 opinions
- Pavia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- DiBlasi v. Aetna Life & Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Juanita Peterson, Individually and as Assignee of Nathaniel Washington v. Allcity Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Daus v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Sanders v. Standard Mutual InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
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