Clougherty v. Royal Insurance Company

Mr. Justice Joslin, with whom Chief Justice Roberts joins,

dissenting. I am unable to agree. A brief recapitulation of the essential facts should be helpful in furnishing a frame of reference for my reasons.

Negligence actions were commenced in this state and in the state of New York by different plaintiffs against the *652defendant’s1 insureds for damages resulting from a single automobile collision. Jury verdicts for the claimants were rendered in the New York proceedings on June 9, 1965, and in those in this state on June 30, 1965. In New York, written judgments were filed on June 16, 1965, and…