Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 4, 1954No. Appeal, 341PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,
The question is whether there was any duty on the part of the defendant, Maryland Casualty Company, to defend an action for damages brought by one John A. Lees against the plaintiff, John Wilson, who was insured by the Company against liability for accidents.
In the Company’s policy it agreed “To pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become obligated to pay by reason of the liability imposed upon him by law for damages . . . because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, . . . sustained by any person or persons, caused by…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Lee v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Lamb v. Belt Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1935
- U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Baldwin Motor Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Washington Brick & Terra Cotta Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1927
- Fessenden School, Inc. v. American Mutual Liability InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by131 opinions
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- Mutual Benefit Insurance v. HaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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