Legal Opinion
Reserve Insurance Company v. Brokerage Surplus Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 13, 1978No. 77-1432PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.
Irrespective of whether the loss for which the insurance company in this case sued its agent involved no negligence on the part of the latter, as we are inclined to believe, or was not the proximate result of the agent’s negligence, as the district court held, it is clear that no liability attached. We, therefore, affirm the judgment denying recovery.
The case was submitted to the district court on an agreed statement of facts. Reserve Insurance Company (Reserve), plaintiff below and appellant here, as an insurer with its principal office and…
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- Rider v. LynchSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
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