Legal Opinion
State v. Merchants Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 7, 1985PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered December 27, 1983 in Albany County, upon a verdict rendered at Trial Term (Williams, J.).
On the afternoon of March 14, 1975, a State-owned dump truck equipped with a snowplow attachment collided with a pickup truck in the Town of Deerpark in Orange County. The operator of the pickup truck died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident and a claim for wrongful death was commenced against the State in the Court of Claims. The estate of the operator was awarded $179,069 in the Court of Claims action.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kulak v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Knobloch v. Royal Globe InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Reifenstein v. Allstate InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Scottsdale Insurance v. Indian Harbor InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
- AFIA v. Continental InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance v. New York Central Mutual Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2014
- Baker v. Progressive Direct InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2023
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