Legal Opinion

Ford v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 26, 1912No. 10284PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered November 16, 1911, in favor of the plaintiff, upon withdrawing from the jury an issue in garnishment proceedings.

1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.

In 1910'the defendants Gerrick were engaged as contractors in doing the structural iron work on the Old National Bank building, in the city of Spokane. The plaintiff was working on the building, but not in their employ, and while so engaged was injured through their negligence. He thereupon commenced an action against them for damages, which terminated in a judgment in his favor for $2,476 and costs, on the 29th day of October, 1910. The Aetna Life Insurance Company, hereafter called the appellant, having theretofore issued to the Gerricks a casualty policy, assumed the defense for and in the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Connolly v. BolsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  3. Clark v. Bonsal & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  4. Sanders v. Frankfort Marine, Accident & Plate Glass InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
  5. Frye v. Bath Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1903

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Kuntz v. SpenceTexas Commission of Appeals · 1934
  2. Combs v. HuntCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1924
  3. Devoto v. United Auto Transportation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  5. Maryland Casualty Co. v. PeppardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915

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