Legal Opinion
Gerka v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 28, 1929PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the Eagle Wet Wash Laundry Company, a corporation, in an action for personal injuries caused by one of its vehicles. The laundry company was insolvent and an execution issued against it was returned unsatisfied. The defendant insurance company had issued a teams' liability policy to the laundry company, insuring it against loss and damage growing out of injury to third persons by its horse-drawn vehicles. The policy contained a provision that, in case of the insolvency of the laundry company, a judgment creditor, in an action against it, who had…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coleman v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Draper v. Oswego County Fire Relief Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Mason-Henry Press v. . &198tna L. Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Miller v. Union Indemnity Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Weatherwax v. Royal Indemnity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. FlackNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Allstate Insurance v. GrossNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- Robert Clark, Jr. v. Union Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- O'Dowd v. American Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Lavine v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
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