Legal Opinion
Colyer v. North American Accident Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 1928PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSenn, J.
On September 19, 1927, while plaintiffs’ intestate, Merton Colyer, was riding his motorcycle, he collided with an automobile and was killed. At that time there was in force a policy of accident insurance issued to him by the defendant, in which it was among other things agreed that if he, the insured, should suffer loss of life by accidental means during the term of the policy, “ by the wrecking or disablement of * * * a private automobile in which insured is riding or driving or by being accidentally thrown from such * * * automobile,” the defendant would pay the sum of $1,000.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Laporte v. North American Acc. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Silverstein v. . Commercial Casualty Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Salo v. North American Accident InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Mulvihill v. Commercial Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
3Cited by16 opinions
- Washington Nat. Ins. Co. v. BurkeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
- Jernigan v. Hanover Fire Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
- Levine v. Accident & Casualty InsuranceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1952
- Neighbors v. Life Casualty Ins. Co. of TennesseeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
- Landwehr v. Continental Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
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