Legal Opinion

Rock Transport Properties Corp. v. Hartford Fire Insurance

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 13, 1970No. 67 Civ. 1169PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

This is an action to recover on two insurance policies for the “constructive total loss” of eleven scows and the partial loss of one scow, owned by plaintiff Rock Transport Properties Corporation and chartered by another plaintiff, New York Trap Rock Corporation. The remaining plaintiff, Mellon National Bank And Trust Company, was the mortgagee of all twelve scows.

Defendant, The Hartford Fire Insurance Company, issued two insurance policies covering these scows. The first insured for damages caused by accident or by negligence, provided such damage had not…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Rushing v. Commercial Casualty InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. Funkhouser v. J. B. Preston Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. Vanderbilt v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
  4. Spanos v. Skouras Theatres CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
  5. Collier v. GrangerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Mentor Insurance Company v. BrannkasseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  2. Investors Insurance Company of America, Cross-Appellee v. Dorinco Reinsurance Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  3. Fishing Fleet, Inc. v. Trident Insurance Co., Ltd. And Pike/ancoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. Strobl v. New York Mercantile ExchangeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
  5. Wachs v. WinterDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1983

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