Legal Opinion
Plaza Equities Corp. v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 19, 1974No. 71 Civ. 81PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BONSAL, District Judge.
On December 21, 1969, part of an Arlington, Virginia office and shopping plaza, on which stood a large metal sculpture of the ancient Egyptian phoenix, collapsed, causing damages to the plaza and to the sculpture in the alleged amount of $187,770.74. The structural damage was later repaired and the plaza restored, but the phoenix, untrue to form, never stood again on the plaza. Plaintiffs, owners of the plaza (known as Jefferson Plaza), are suing to recover the damages under two “all risk” insurance policies, one issued by defendant Aetna Casualty and Surety…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. CrosswhiteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- University City, Mo. v. Home Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- General American Transportation Corp. v. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- United Service Automobile Association v. Andrew Byrd Pinkard and Edward J. Hanks, Administrator of the Estate of Clifton Wiley Hanks, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Allied Steel Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Mattis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Standard Structural Steel Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1984
- Scott v. Continental InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996
- Chadwick v. Fire Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993
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