Legal Opinion

Jamestown Mutual Insurance v. Erie Insurance Exchange

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided February 10, 1972No. C.A. 12-71 EriePublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILLSON, Senior District Judge.

In the complaint as filed the plaintiff, Jamestown Mutual Insurance Company, sought a declaratory judgment to settle a controversy between it and Erie Insurance Exchange, the defendant. Erie filed a motion to dismiss based on the ground that there was no actual controversy between the parties.

On March 4, 1968, Jamestown had executed its automobile insurance policy to one Ralph W. Lyons indemnifying him among other things against the usual liability for damages to persons and property resulting from the ownership, maintenance and use of a 1964 Buick…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Grasberger v. Liebert & Obert, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Continental Casualty Co. v. Curtis Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938
  3. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company v. Bonnie MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  4. Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. Of North America v. Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  2. Automobile Underwriters, Inc., Pauline Nelson and Donald Nelson, Intervening v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
  3. American Home Assurance Co. v. American Employers InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Insurance Co. of North America v. Continental Casualty Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. BurginDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1990

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