Brown v. Reid

Trouble for an innocent tort plaintiff in collecting damages from among multiple defendants too easily intrudes where the different liability carriers each seek to avoid liability by pointing to .another, often forming a complete circle. This game of “ who, Me? ”, which discredits our system of justice, is made worse when the State becomes its active promoter. And, even section 167 of the New York Insurance Law, providing for direct legal action against liability carriers, which is meant to protect claimants, becomes a playing tactic. Marcy and Irene Brown could tell you.

I. Pretrial default…