O'Dowd v. American Surety Co.

Decided July 3, 1957. Charles W. Froessel wrote the opinion for the court.

3 N.Y.2d 347 · Cited 83 times

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• William M. Moore Construction Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guarantee Co. · 56 N.E.2d 74
• Frank Knauss, Inc. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 200 N.E. 791
• Schwartz v. Merola Bros. Construction Corp. · 48 N.E.2d 299
• Scott v. . Curtis · 88 N.E. 794
• Tipaldi v. Riverside Memorial Chapel, Inc. · 273 A.D. 414
• Gerka v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 167 N.E. 169
• Lavine v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 183 N.E. 897
• Cardinal v. State of New York · 304 N.Y. 400
• Ruping v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · 283 A.D. 204
• Ashland Window & Housecleaning Co. v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance · 269 A.D. 31
• Rossbach v. Rosenblum · 260 A.D. 206
• Jewtraw v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 280 A.D. 150
• People v. Continental Casualty Co. · 301 N.Y. 79

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• Weeg v. Iowa Mutual Insurance Company · 141 N.W.2d 913
• Hawthorne v. South Bronx Community Corp. · 78 N.Y.2d 433
• Stevens v. Horne · 325 So. 2d 459
• Greenwald v. American Medcare Corp. · 666 F. Supp. 489
• Tenney v. Insurance Co. of North America · 409 F. Supp. 746
• K. Bell & Associates, Inc. v. Lloyd's Underwriters · 827 F. Supp. 985
• Chigago Great Western Railway Co. v. Farmers Produce Co. · 164 F. Supp. 532
• Frankart Distributors, Inc. v. Federal Insurance · 616 F. Supp. 589
• Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. Flack · 51 N.Y.2d 692
• Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Twin City Fire Insurance · 28 A.D.3d 32
• Kamyr, Inc. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance · 152 A.D.2d 62
• Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. v. Rossal · 64 N.Y.2d 1
• Guberman v. William Penn Life Insurance · 146 A.D.2d 8
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 136 A.D.2d 246
• State v. Ladd's Gas Station, Inc. · 198 A.D.2d 654
• County of Sullivan v. State · 137 A.D.2d 165
• Chapel v. Mitchell · 197 A.D.2d 780

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