Segal v. Allied Mutuals Liability Insurance

These are actions of contract for breaches of the defendant’s agreements to pay stated sums in settlement of actions of tort brought by the several plaintiffs against alleged tortfeasors insured by the defendant against the liability declared upon. They are before us upon appeals by the defendant from orders of an Appellate Division dismissing a consolidated report.

There was evidence which would support findings that agents of the defendant authorized to settle claims pending against the defendant or those holding policies of insurance issued by it, on or about May 12, 1932, agreed orally…