Legal Opinion
Huntington Cab Co. v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided December 29, 1945No. 271PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
American Fidelity and Casualty Company insured a fleet of taxicabs owned and operated by Huntington Cab Company to cover bodily injury to persons, accidentally received by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of such cabs. Chester Melba, a driver of one of these cabs, carried McCallister, a passenger for hire, to the garage of the cab company where the driver, without any provocation or reason whatever, and without knowledge or authorization of his employer, intentionally and maliciously assaulted the passenger by hitting and beating him with a large…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Messersmith v. . American Fidelity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Miller v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Georgia Cas. Co. v. Alden MillsMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Rothman v. Metropolitan Casualty Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1938
- Sontag v. GalerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Mid-Century Insurance Co. of Texas v. LindseyTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Huntington Cab Co. v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946
- Mid-Century Insurance Co. of Texas v. LindseyTexas Supreme Court · 1999