In re Preferred Accident Insurance Co. of New York

When the policyholders were sued because of liability for automobile accidents or other form of casualty, they delivered the summonses which had been served upon them to their insurance carriers, calling upon the carriers to provide for the defense of the actions in accordance with the obligation to do so contained in the policies. The policyholders thereby impliedly authorized the insurance companies to act as their agents in obtaining a lawyer or lawyers for them as attorney or attorneys of record in the litigations. Such implied authority included the power to change lawyers for the…