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Bates v. Merchants Mutual Insurance Company

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Apr 25, 1968
392 F.2d 591 (2d Cir. 1968)

Opinion

No. 407, Docket 32083.

Argued April 11, 1968.

Decided April 25, 1968.

Appeal by plaintiff in diversity action against insurance company from a judgment in favor of defendant, entered December 16, 1967 after a non-jury trial before Hon. Edmund Port in the Northern District of New York.

Bonney Nicit, Waterloo, N.Y., on the brief, for appellant.

John C. Kinney, Syracuse, N.Y. (Bond, Schoeneck King and John M. Freyer, Syracuse, N.Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.


We affirm the judgment in favor of the defendant in this diversity action wherein the plaintiff insured sought to recover from the insurance company for bad faith failure to settle two claims within policy limits, for the reasons stated in Judge Port's opinion below, reported at 277 F. Supp. 308 (N.D.N Y 1967).


Summaries of

Bates v. Merchants Mutual Insurance Company

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Apr 25, 1968
392 F.2d 591 (2d Cir. 1968)
Case details for

Bates v. Merchants Mutual Insurance Company

Case Details

Full title:Harold A. BATES, Appellant, v. MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Apr 25, 1968

Citations

392 F.2d 591 (2d Cir. 1968)