Lachs v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

Decided March 4, 1954. Stanley H. Fuld wrote the opinion for the court.

306 N.Y. 357 · Cited 123 times

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• Apgar Travel Agency, Inc. v. International Air Transport Ass'n · 107 F. Supp. 706
• Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 171 N.E. 914
• Tonkin v. California Insurance Co. of San Francisco, Inc. · 62 N.E.2d 215
• Witherstine v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. · 139 N.E. 229
• Houlihan v. . Preferred Accident Ins. Co. · 89 N.E. 927
• Rappaport v. Phil Gottlieb-Sattler, Inc. · 280 A.D. 424
• Weinberg & Holman, Inc. v. Providence Washington Insurance · 173 N.E. 556
• Putnam v. Air Transport Ass'n of America · 112 F. Supp. 885

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• Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
• Messina v. Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Ass'n · 228 F. Supp. 865
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
• Uniroyal, Inc. v. Home Insurance · 707 F. Supp. 1368
• American Home Products Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 565 F. Supp. 1485
• Keller v. First National Bank · 403 S.E.2d 424
• Thompson v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 148 N.E.2d 9
• Alfin, Inc. v. Pacific Insurance · 735 F. Supp. 115
• Ingersoll Milling MacHine Co. v. M/V Bodena · 619 F. Supp. 493
• Lowenstein Dyes & Cosmetics, Inc. v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. · 524 F. Supp. 574
• Flagg v. Yonkers Savings & Loan Ass'n, FA · 307 F. Supp. 2d 565
• Tenney v. Insurance Co. of North America · 409 F. Supp. 746
• Federal Insurance Co. v. Sheldon (In Re Donald Sheldon & Co.) · 186 B.R. 364
• Fritz v. OLD AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · 354 F. Supp. 514
• Tyroler v. Continental Casualty Co. · 31 A.D.2d 8
• Rubin v. Empire Mutual Insurance · 32 A.D.2d 1
• Weissman v. Transcontinental Printing U.S.A. Inc. · 205 F. Supp. 2d 415
• Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Turner Construction Co. · 2 N.Y.2d 456
• Four Seasons Hotels Ltd. v. Vinnik · 127 A.D.2d 310
• Airco Alloys Division v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. · 76 A.D.2d 68
• Stone v. Goodson · 8 N.Y.2d 8
• Harris v. Allstate Insurance · 309 N.Y. 72
• Hartford Insurance v. Halt · 223 A.D.2d 204
• Janos v. Peck · 21 A.D.2d 529
• Rapoport v. 55 Perry Co. · 50 A.D.2d 54

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