Legal Opinion
Berns & Koppstein, Inc. v. Orion Insurance Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 23, 1959PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERLANDS, District Judge.
This is an action upon eight so-called Lloyd’s valued marine cargo insurance policies. The policies, in the total face amount of $269,517, covered cargoes of “handpicked, selected” Indian peanuts amounting to 1,753,267 pounds, imported from India to the United States in 1955 on four steamers.
Plaintiff, the firm that imported the peanuts, is the insured. The defendants represent certain members of two insurance syndicates 1 known as Underwriters at Lloyds and The Institute of London Underwriters, who issued the policies through the Corporation of Lloyds.
In 1955, the…
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