Legal Opinion
Sweeten v. National Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 13, 1963No. [No. 89, September Term, 1963.]PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, J.
This appeal is from a judgment entered for the defendant after the trial court had sustained a demurrer to a second amended declaration. The declaration alleged that Thomas Larson had been sued by one Shanley for injuries sustained in an automobile accident; that in accordance with the terms of an automobile liability policy, written by the appellee covering Larson, the appellee undertook the exclusive defense of the action; that it had repeated opportunities to settle the case for a sum within the limits of the policy but negligently failed to do so; that Larson died before the case came to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. Guarantee InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Southern Fire & Casualty Co. v. NorrisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1952
- Melville Harris, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Leonard Massello and William Massello v. Standard Accident and Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Farmers Insurance Exchange v. HendersonArizona Supreme Court · 1957
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Gray v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Mesmer v. Maryland Automobile Insurance FundCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
- Hernandez v. Great American Insurance Co. of New YorkTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- MEDICAL MUTUAL LIABILITY INS. SOC. OF MARYLAND v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
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