Legal Opinion
Great American Insurance Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, and Fairfield & Ellis, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 10, 1973No. 181, Docket 72-1419PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (Fund) defendant below, seeks reversal of an order entered in the district court granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff, Great American Insurance Company (Great American) originally commenced suit on a contract of reinsurance 1 in the New York State Supreme Court for New York County, alleging that defendant Fund was liable to it on that contract in the sum of $139,710.33 plus interest and costs. The sum sued for represented 20% of the payments which Great American had paid to the City of Somerville,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Grace v. American Central InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. YatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- White v. Connecticut Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Friend Bros. v. Seaboard Surety Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Fisher v. Underwriters at Lloyd's LondonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Bim, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation, and Timothy N. Rexroad, Jimmy Dale Poyner, D/B/A J & D Rental Sales Rotal Corporation, D/B/A Spanky and Alfalfa's Betty L. Phillips, D/B/A Little Britches, Inc. Sharon S. Stowers, D/B/A Modern Hair Design, American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Bim, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation Timothy N. RexroadCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Jefferson Ins. Co. of New York v. Fortress Re, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Southeastern Colorado Homeless Center v. WestColorado Court of Appeals · 1992
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