Legal Opinion
Oltarsh v. Aetna Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 14, 1965PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
In this action — the wife’s for personal injuries suffered and the husband’s for loss of her services and for medical expenses incurred — the complaint has been dismissed, and we are called upon to determine whether a statute of a foreign jurisdiction authorizing direct actions against liability insurance companies may be enforced in this State.
While on a visit to Puerto Rico with her husband in April of 1963, Airs. Oltarsh slipped and fell in a building owned by a Puerto Rican corporation solely in consequence, it is alleged, of the latter’s negligence. The defendant Aetna Insurance Company,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. ElbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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- Marchlik v. Coronet InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- Willard v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1973
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