Legal Opinion

Allstate Insurance v. Longwell

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 7, 1990No. 87 Civ. 7818(KC)PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CONBOY, District Judge:

This action arises out of a dispute between an insurer and an insured as to whether the insured, who invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer questions relating to a claimed loss, complied with his duty of cooperation under the insurance policy, which obligation the insurer maintains is a condition precedent to recovery thereunder.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate”) issued a homeowner’s insurance policy, number 003 206 244 (the “policy”), to the defendant, Robert Longwell (“Longwell”)…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Mello v. Hingham Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  2. Kirkbride v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  3. Columbus Mckinnon Corp. v. Travelers Indem. Co.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
  4. Dornoch Ltd. Ex Rel. Underwriting Members of Lloyd's Syndicate 1209 v. PBM Holdings, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2009
  5. RK Dixon Co. v. Dealer Marketing Services, Inc.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 2003

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