Legal Opinion
Inman v. Merchants Mutual Casualty Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCoon, J.
In this rather unusual action plaintiff sues the automobile liability insurance carrier and its agent-adjuster for fraud, alleging that the defendants, by means of false representations, procured the plaintiff’s release of a cause of action which she had against Richard Bradshaw, the assured. The original cause of action, which the plaintiff claims she was fraudulently induced to compromise, was an action, for the wrongful death of her son, Earl W. Inman (she being the sole next of kin) in an automobile collision involving the car owned by said Richard Bradshaw, the assured, and driven,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Gould v. Cayuga County National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Goldsmith v. National Container Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Green v. . Des GaretsNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Urtz v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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