Legal Opinion
Knobloch v. Royal Globe Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 1976PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
We conclude that the circumstances disclosed in this record are sufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict that this insurance carrier was liable to its insureds for failure to settle a claim against them within policy limits.
The accident which was the subject of the underlying claim occurred on June 2, 1962. Fred Knobloch was driving an MGA sports car owned by his mother with John A. Wickman as his passenger. The third occupant of the vehicle, a young lady, was sitting on Wickman’s lap. As the car came over a rise while traveling south on the Taconic Parkway and started down the decline, both…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Decker v. Amalgamated Mutual Casualty InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
3Cited by43 opinions
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