Legal Opinion
Merchants Mutual Insurance v. Hartford Insurance Group
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 1989PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Baer, Jr., J.
This declaratory judgment action involves a dispute between two insurance companies over their respective obligations to pay the cost of a settlement in a personal injury action. The court denied a motion for summary judgment by the defendant. A trial was held and the court must now decide upon and declare the obligations of the parties.
On March 5, 1981, the car of Norman Unger skidded during a snowstorm and hit William Mara, a dentist in his early 30’s. The accident cost Dr. Mara a leg. Unger was an employee of the State Insurance Fund of the State of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lundberg v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Allstate InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Heisler v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Barski v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Liquidation of Midland InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000