Legal Opinion
Puritan Insurance v. Eagle Steamship Co. S.A.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 18, 1985No. 85-7320PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff insurance underwriters Puritan Insurance Company, et al. (the “insurers”), appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered after a bench trial before Kevin Thomas Duffy, Judge, dismissing their action for damages and a declaration that certain insurance written by plaintiffs was void on account of defendants’ nondisclosures of material facts in their application for insurance coverage. The district court dismissed the complaint on the ground that plaintiffs had failed to prove that they would…
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