Hover v. National Grange Insurance

The agreement sued upon is too indefinite for enforcement insofar as it constitutes a promise by defendant to settle plaintiff’s claim (Welden v. Frankfort Gen. Ins. Co., 230 N. Y. 546; Wood v. AEtna Life Ins. Co., 224 App. Div. 628; Habgood v. Van Dyke Taxi & Transfer, 128 Misc. 884, affd. 220 App. Div. 801; Harbot v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 44 F. Supp. 319). Insofar as it provides that defendant pay plaintiff’s remaining medical expenses, if any, sufficient certainty exists (Wood v. AEtna Life Ins. Co., supra). Accordingly, a new trial should be ordered on that issue, with costs to abide…