Legal Opinion
Friscia v. Safeguard Insurance
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided August 16, 1968PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin B. Steoher, J.
This is an action on an insurance policy brought by an assured against the issuer following the theft from the plaintiff of the Cadillac car designated in the policy. After trial, the jury, by a special verdict (CPLft 4111, subd. [b]), found i(and to the extent that the jury made no findings, I find) that the plaintiff, for a valuable consideration, purchased the automobile in question through the agency of an automobile mechanic; that at the time the car was transferred to her it was owned by a person other than the transferor (in fact it was a stolen car with an altered vehicle…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Rohrbach v. . Germania Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Harrison v. FortlageSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Curacao Trading Co. v. Federal Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Granger v. Howard InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Peabody v. Washington County Mutual-InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1855
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Allstate Insurance v. SullamNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- Scarola v. INS. CO. OF N. AMER.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Treit v. Oregon Automobile Insurance Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1972
- Groban v. S.S. PeguDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Scarola v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1971
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