Legal Opinion
Lomartira v. American Automobile Insurance Company
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 29, 1965No. Civ. 7295, 7296PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Chief Judge.
QUESTION PRESENTED
In these companion actions brought to recover a total of $25,000 under three fire insurance policies covering a two-story dwelling in Branford, Connecticut, which was completely destroyed by fires in May 1957, the controlling question, believed to be dispositive of all issues in both eases, is whether misrepresentations, fraud and false swearing at the trial with respect to material facts by the only plaintiff insured who testified voids the policies pursuant to a concealment and fraud provision, identical in each policy, prescribed by Connecticut…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Insurance Companies v. WeidesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Bucky v. SeboCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Holley Coal Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Lorraine Sanden v. Mayo ClinicCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Giuseppe Lomartira, A.K.A. v. American Automobile Insurance Company, Giuseppe Lomartira, A.K.A. v. Queen Insurance Company of America, Dfendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Nettie Mae LOGAN, Appellant, v. the GENERAL FIREPROOFING COMPANY, a Corporation, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Usery v. Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- McNellis v. RaymondDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1968
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