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Ancillary Rights Of The Insured Against His Liability Insurer, Robert E. Keeton Oct 1960

Ancillary Rights Of The Insured Against His Liability Insurer, Robert E. Keeton

Vanderbilt Law Review

The primary right of the insured against his liability insurer is the right to reimbursement of loss falling within the coverage defined in the policy. The scope of that right is ordinarily determined by construction of the clauses defining the Bodily Injury Liability and Property Damage Liability Coverages.' The present article is concerned with ancillary rights, arising in part from these and other policy provisions and in part from the relationship created by liability insurance. These rights of the insured are, from the opposite point of view, duties of the insurer--duties concerned principally with settlement of the tort claim or …


Semi-Direct Action Against Liability Insurers: Current Problems, Ronan E. Degnan Oct 1960

Semi-Direct Action Against Liability Insurers: Current Problems, Ronan E. Degnan

Vanderbilt Law Review

The legislatures of the various states of the union have by and large seen fit to forbid actions by an injured party directly against a liability insurer. This limitation, founded upon policy reasons which are doubtless apparent to the reader, has led the interested parties to seek out various indirect or semi-direct methods for reaching the insurance fund. This article is designed to discuss two particularly difficult problems which have arisen because of this semi-direct mode of proceeding: (1) By what appropriate methods can a judgment be obtained against a nonresident tort feasor or his estate so as to create …


Overlapping Coverages In Liability Contracts; Subrogation, John A. Appleman Oct 1960

Overlapping Coverages In Liability Contracts; Subrogation, John A. Appleman

Vanderbilt Law Review

Within the last twenty-five years, approximately, a considerable transition has taken place in approaching the coverages of automobile policies. At one time, liability insurers used to require their policy-holders to pledge that they did not carry other insurance of like character. It is difficult to understand why this situation ever arose. It may have been an outgrowth of fire coverages, or health and accident provisions, in which a moral hazard actually might exist where excessive protection is carried. Thereafter, instead of making this a matter of warranty, policies frequently provided that in the event there should be any other valid …


"The Defendant Is Insured", William A. Wray Mar 1960

"The Defendant Is Insured", William A. Wray

William & Mary Law Review

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Exemption Of Insurance And Other Property In The Virginias And Carolinas, E. Mcgruder Faris, Jr. Mar 1960

Exemption Of Insurance And Other Property In The Virginias And Carolinas, E. Mcgruder Faris, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Insurance - Right Of Insurer To Subrogate To Collateral Contract Rights Of The Insured - In The Matter Of Future Manufacturing Cooperative, Inc., Donald C. Allen, Robert E. Powell Jan 1960

Insurance - Right Of Insurer To Subrogate To Collateral Contract Rights Of The Insured - In The Matter Of Future Manufacturing Cooperative, Inc., Donald C. Allen, Robert E. Powell

Maryland Law Review

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Insurance, Edgar I. King Jan 1960

Insurance, Edgar I. King

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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A Discussion And Analysis Of The Valic Decision, Laurence M. Jones Jan 1960

A Discussion And Analysis Of The Valic Decision, Laurence M. Jones

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.