Legal Opinion
Marc-Charles v. Krug
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 3, 1978PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*604OPINION OF THE COURT
Herbert A. Posner, J.
Ben Franklin was fond of quoting maxims to emphasize a point. People came to accept his maxims as truisms, except when one maxim came into conflict with another. "A stitch in time saves nine”, could conflict with "Haste makes waste”, etc. Likewise, legal "maxims” (canons) are not to be taken as gospel if there is another legal canon that leads to a contrary conclusion.
In this case, plaintiffs1 are seeking an exclusion from the threshold provisions of the no-fault law (Insurance Law, § 673) on the ground that, since the auto they were passengers in was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Montgomery v. DanielsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- McConnell v. Commonwealth Pictures Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Anderson v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Drake v. ComptrollerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Osuala v. Aetna Life & CasualtyUtah Supreme Court · 1980
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980
- Patrello v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Hines v. SullivanNew York City Family Court · 1980
- Millan v. Yan Yee LauAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1979
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