United States Fire Insurance v. National Union Fire Insurance

Opinion

POTTER, Acting P. J.

Defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (hereinafter National) appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff United States Fire Insurance Company (hereinafter United). The judgment declared the respective parties’ obligations as insurers in respect of an aircraft accident in which Philip Morgan, Jr., was the pilot. Claims for the resultant deaths and injuries were settled by United for $1,527,000, with a contribution of $300,000 from a nonparty carrier. The judgment decreed that with respect to the accident: “Defendant’s policy AV…