Legal Opinion
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London v. Hawthorne Flying Service
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 27, 1953PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DREW, Justice.
In this opinion we will refer to appellants a-s Lloyd’s and appellee as Hawthorne.
On December 1, 1949, a P-51 Mustang Airplane powered by a 1450 H. P. Rolls Royce engine, owned by Hawthorne and insured by Lloyd’s, crash landed with its wheels up. The contract of insurance by Lloyd’s provided that it should be liable only in the event of total loss. The policy provided “total loss shall be deemed to mean that the aircraft insured shall have suffered at least 85% structural damage'to the air frame and 85% structural damage to the engine.”
Lloyd’s promptly denied liability, claiming…
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