Gise v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, an employer, to recover of the defendant, his insurance carrier, the sum of $521 expended by him in resisting a claim made against defendant and himself, by an injured employee, upon the refusal of the defendant to defend plaintiff's interests in a proceeding before the Industrial Accident Commission. In addition to a general and specific denial, the defendant interposed a counterclaim for the sum of $1,590.21, the amount of the award made by the commission and paid to the injured employee by the defendant. The court denied relief to the plaintiff,…