Legal Opinion
Cavuoto v. Smith
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 23, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward O. Provenzano, J.
In this personal injury action, arising from the alleged negligent operation of an automobile, plaintiffs have moved for various relief with respect to pretrial depositions.
Pursuant to an automobile liability insurance policy providing $50,000 personal injury coverage to the defendants, the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company retained the law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle to undertake the defense of this lawsuit. The amended complaint seeks $500,000 damages for the infant plaintiff and $25,000 damages under her father’s derivative cause of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Thrasher v. United States Liability InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Oltarsh v. Aetna InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. MarbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Bennett v. Troy Record Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- Kapuscinski v. KapuscinskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Kulers v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1988
- Carrasquillo v. New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 2008