Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Sullam
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 1973PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBertram Harnett, J.
An imposter, a careless (insurer, an auto accident in New York involving only New York parties, and a New England State perhaps more protective of its own than its neighbors, all figure in this legal tale of two States. Together they whisper of the fragility of multiple State regulation of automobile accident insurance. And, they warn of the perils of shoddy investigation by insurers upon issuance of their auto liability policies.
We add our own elements to this story by applying the law as it is applied in New York to its own people and its own happenings. In this State, rescission of auto…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Watson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Hughes v. FetterSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Hime v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. SevierOregon Supreme Court · 1975
- Skandia America Reinsurance Corp. v. SchenckDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. KurylowiczMichigan Court of Appeals · 1976
- Van Horn v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
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