Legal Opinion
Prashker v. United States Guarantee Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1956PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
On October 5, 1953 an airplane crash occurred near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a private plane belonging to Choice Embroidery & Laces, Inc., being piloted by Nathan Prashker, with Harold Weissman as passenger. They had taken off from Allegheny County Airport to fly to Cleveland, Ohio. Both were killed. The pilot held a VER license (entitling him to pilot an aircraft under visual flying rules), but he was not licensed to operate under instrument flight conditions. Blinded by clouds, the pilot doubled back upon his course and crashed to the south of Allegheny County Airport, from which he…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wagman v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Post v. Metropolitan Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Service Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. GravesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. TindallCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by189 opinions
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- Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, New Jersey v. BurchTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Servidone Construction Corp. v. Security InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Brohawn v. Transamerica InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- San Diego Navy Federal Credit Union v. Cumis Insurance SocietyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
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