Legal Opinion
Bates v. Merchants Mutual Insurance Company
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided December 16, 1967No. 65-CV-70PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORT, District Judge.
Memorandum-Decision and Order
This is a diversity action brought by Harold Bates (the insured), a citizen of Florida, against Merchants Mutual Insurance Company (the carrier), a New York Corporation, to recover the amount by which judgments against the insured, obtained in 1964 in negligence actions in which he admitted liability, exceeded his coverage under an automobile liability policy issued to him by the carrier.
On June 11, 1962, while operating the insured automobile, the insured became involved in an accident with a car operated by Sadie Ryder in which her husband…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Melville Harris, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Leonard Massello and William Massello v. Standard Accident and Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Marion J. Brown and Allen Brown v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Harris v. Standard Accident and Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Brochstein v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
3Cited by8 opinions
- Young v. American Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- DiBlasi v. Aetna Life & Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Nathan Brockstein and Manuel Brockstein, Doing Business as Church Avenue Poultry v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Redcross v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Young v. American Casualty Company Of Reading, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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