Legal Opinion
Clemons v. American Casualty Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 8, 1993No. Civ. JFM-93-35PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MOTZ, District Judge.
This case arises out of a dispute over a fire insurance claim. On May 20th, 1992, American Casualty Company (hereinafter “defendant”) denied a claim made by James Lee Clemons (hereinafter “plaintiff’) under a homeowners insurance policy it had issued after concluding that plaintiff had made material misrepresentations when he applied for the policy. 1
On November 27, 1992, plaintiff instituted this action in the'Circuit Court for Baltimore City, alleging that defendant had breached its insurance contract by denying his claim. Defendant subsequently removed the…
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- Stainless, Inc. v. Employers' Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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