Legal Opinion
In re Transit Casualty Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 14, 1992PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
Claimant owned a small hotel which was destroyed by fire and which was insured by a company now insolvent and in liquidation by order of a Missouri court. He seeks to share as a creditor in the available assets, but the Superintendent of Insurance has rejected his claim on the ground that the liquidation order canceled all of the company’s policies on a specified date, before the fire occurred. Claimant was not a party to the liquidation proceedings and, as both lower courts held, received no actual or constructive notice of the cancellation order…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- McCann v. ScadutoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Matter of Empire State Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In Re the Arbitration Between Knickerbocker Agency, Inc. & HolzNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Stephens v. American Home Assurance Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- In Re the Liquidation of Union Indemnity InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Cohen v. State ex rel. StewartSupreme Court of Delaware · 2014
- Dinallo v. DiNapoliNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- Levin v. National Colonial InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
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