Ford Hospital v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

This is an action on two insurance policies, each for $5,000, to recover the amount alleged to be due from the insurers for a loss reduced to a judgment for $5,500, which Mary Jane Hannah, an infant, recovered against the Ford Hospital Company, the insured, in a former action for personal injuries. One of the policies was issued by the Fidelity & Casualty Company and the other by the Maryland Casualty Company. Both are defendants, and insuxed is plaintiff herein; Each insurer, referring to its *313own policy, pleaded, among other defenses, that liability for the negligence resulting in the…