Legal Opinion
In re Maak
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 1961PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIsadore Bookstein, J.
This is an application for permission to compromise the cause of action of the infant Patricia Claire Maak against one Eugene Pessetto, for damages for personal injuries, caused by the alleged negligence of Pessetto, in the operation of a motor vehicle in which the infant was a passenger, on November 13, 1959.
The injuries were of a serious nature. So, too, are the sequelae.
Pessetto was an assigned risk. His policy of insurance issued by Employers Mutual Life Insurance Company of Wisconsin, hereinafter referred to as “ Employers ”, has a maximum limit of coverage for injuries sustained by any…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp., of Perth v. Zerbe Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Mergentime v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Mergentime v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Metropolitan Casualty Insurance v. BadlerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1928
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- DeCespedes v. Prudence Mut. Cas. Co. of Chicago, Ill.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
- Frost v. Porter Leasing Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Group Hospital Service Inc. v. State Farm Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. PlantDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Levy v. Town & Country Summer Day Camp, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1970
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