Legal Opinion
Ambassador Insurance v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 8, 1984No. 15395PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
Plaintiff Ambassador Insurance Company (Ambassador), as excess insurance carrier for Memorial General Hospital of Las Cruces, New Mexico (insured), brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (district court) against defendant St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (St. Paul), the primary insurance carrier for the insured. Ambassador alleged that St. Paul negligently and in bad faith failed to settle a medical malpractice claim brought against the insured within the primary policy limits, despite an offer to do so. As excess…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hilker v. Western Automobile InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
- Chavez v. ChenowethNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- Lujan v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- State Farm General Insurance Company v. CliftonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1974
- Best Building Co. v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Dairyland Insurance v. HermanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- City of Hobbs v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and Nutmeg Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Mireles v. BroderickNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
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