Legal Opinion
Hoff v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. of St. Paul
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 14, 1935No. 211PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment upon pleadings and affidavits in an action to recover upon a policy insuring one, Basso, against liability for injuries caused by a motor-car. Basso is not the plaintiff, but Hoff, the injured person, who sued under section 109 of the New York Insurance Law (Consol. Laws, c. 28), which requires all liability policies to give the injured person a right to sue in the circumstances which here existed. The defense is that Basso did not “render to the Company all reasonable cooperation and assistance” in preparing the defense of the…
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- Seltzer v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Schoenfeld v. New Jersey Fidelity & Plate Glass InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
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