Legal Opinion
Opat v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 9, 1982No. Civ. A. 80-1131PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCUNE, District Judge.
We consider a motion for a new trial, filed by plaintiffs, a motion that plaintiffs be permitted to take an appeal in forma pauperis, and a post trial motion filed by defendant that judgment be entered against plaintiffs for $10,955.51, the amount which the defendant paid Mellon Bank to discharge a mortgage covering the real estate which is the subject of this litigation.
The plaintiffs, husband and wife, owned a residence as tenants by the entireties, which was destroyed by fire on the night, or early morning, of August 12, 1979. The defendant insured the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Greenberg v. Aetna InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Hoyt v. New Hampshire Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1942
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. MolloyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Hildebrand v. Holyoke Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Fiorangelo Spezialetti and Lorraine Spezialetti, Husband and Wife, D/B/A Spezi's Lorraine Spezialetti v. Pacific Employers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- McAllister v. Millville Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Maravich v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Republic Insurance Co. v. JerniganSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Borman v. State Farm Fire & Casualty CoMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
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