Legal Opinion
Hynding v. Home Accident Insurance
California Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1932No. Docket No. L.A. 13260PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLangdon, J.
This is an action against an insurance carrier to recover the amount of a judgment previously obtained against an assured. Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident as a result of the negligence of S. K. Tucker, and the latter was insured against liability with defendant company. Plaintiff sued Tucker and recovered judgment for $2,019.48, which sum he was unable to collect, the latter being insolvent. Plaintiff then brought this action against defendant company. In its answer, the company set up the defense that Tucker’s report of the accident tended to show that he was free from blame,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Coleman v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Lorando v. GethroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Merchants Mutual Automobile Liability Insurance v. SmartSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Malmgren v. Southwestern Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- George v. Employers' Liability Assur. CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
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3Cited by81 opinions
- Mitchell B. Haisten, Individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Jean E. Haisten v. Grass Valley Medical Reimbursement Fund, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Wildman v. Government Employees Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1957
- Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Webster v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- O'MORROW v. BoradCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
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