Legal Opinion
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York v. A. L. Robb
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1959No. 17579_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought against the insurer in a liability policy, the suit was for the recovery of sums over and above the amounts of the insurance which had been adjudged against, and paid by, the insured in a suit for damages for negligence in furnishing for the use of plaintiff’s decedent a defective horse which fell with him and caused his death.
The claim in general was that the insurer could and should have settled the suit within the policy limits and that it was negligent in not doing so. In particular it was that a specific offer to settle within the policy limits had been…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- G. A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indemnity Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1929
- Attleboro Mfg. Co. v. Frankfort Marine, Accident & Plate Glass Ins.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917
- American Fidelity and Casualty Company, Inc. v. The Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Douglas v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1924
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Bollinger v. NussSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
- Seguros Tepeyac, S.A., Compania Mexicana De Seguros Generales v. Maynard Bostrom and James L. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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