Legal Opinion
Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 15, 1951No. 10522PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*655WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The questions here presented, relative to the coverage of a standard form of surety bond, have frequently been considered in other jurisdictions, but apparently never before by this court. Is liability to be limited to the amount stated in the bond, in respect of a named employee, regardless of the number of years that the bond has been in effect? Or is liability to be imposed, up to the stated amount, for each year of coverage in which the named employee has caused a loss?
In March 1942 the surety company (defendant-appellee) issued a so-called Blanket Position Bond…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- In re RichardsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1899
- Hack v. American Surety Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
- Brulatour v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. BarberCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Ronald M. Byrnes v. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- A.B.S. Clothing Collection, Inc. v. Home InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
- Eddystone Fire Co. v. Continental InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Julius Seidel Lumber Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Beck v. Continental Casualty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
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