Legal Opinion
Ray J. Sullivan v. American Motorist Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1979No. 79-1939PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Ray J. Sullivan brought suit to recover fire insurance proceeds that his insurer had denied for his destroyed bulldozer. The district court ruled against recovery because it determined that Sullivan had started the fire. We affirm.
The fire occurred on August 3 or 4, 1976, in Mississippi. Sullivan filed a claim with American Motorist Insurance Co., which had issued a fire insurance policy on the bulldozer, for the full $23,500 value of the machine. He represented that the bulldozer broke down the day preceding the fire when a protruding log damaged the generator and other…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Mrs. Jewell Williams (Now Mrs. Jewell Williams Evans) v. Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Orient Ins. v. ParkhillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Joseph Miele, A/K/A Joseph Cusumano v. Boston Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Brower v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Dean v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
- Charles L. Powell v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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