Legal Opinion

AMERICAN CASUALTY CO. OF READING, PA. v. Ford

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided January 4, 1963PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

187 A.2d 425 (1963)

AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff,

v.

Joseph H. FORD, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

January 4, 1963.

William F. Taylor of Morford, Young & Conaway, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Abraham Hoffman of Hoffman & Hoffman, Wilmington, for defendant.

MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff, an insurance company, complains in a first cause of action that it was induced to issue to plaintiff and thereafter to maintain in force an accident and health policy as a result of "* * * fraudulent…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company v. J. D. JanesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  3. Brooks Transportation Co. v. Merchants Mutual Casualty Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1933
  4. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. GutowskiSupreme Court of Delaware · 1955
  5. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. WilsonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1941

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Oglesby v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1995
  2. Moore v. Travelers Indemnity InsuranceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1979
  3. Principal Life Insurance Company v. Lawrence Rucker 2007 Insurance TrustDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2010
  4. Johnson v. American Modern Home Insurance CompanySuperior Court of Delaware · 2021
  5. Mulrooney v. Life Insurance Co. of the SouthwestSuperior Court of Delaware · 2014

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