Legal Opinion
Roy Mundry and Charlotte Mundry v. Great American Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 14, 1966No. 30364_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
The question we are called upon to decide is whether the Great American Insurance Company (“Insurance Company”) waived, and is estopped from asserting, its contractual right to disclaim its liability under an automobile insurance policy because of non-cooperation of its insureds.
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Insurance Company issued a policy to Michael Istvan, covering his automobile and insuring both him and his wife Anna. While Anna was driving the insured vehicle on August 3, 1958, her passenger, Charlotte Mundry, was injured. Charlotte and her husbanc. Roy proceeded to sue the Istvans…
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- Kearns Coal Corp. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Goergen v. Manufacturers Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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