NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. BURKA

No. 1963.

134 A.2d 89 (1957)

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., a Corporation, Appellant, v. Norman H. BURKA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan C. Swingle, Washington, D. C., with whom William T. Clague, Washington, D. C., was on on the brief, for appellant.

Milton M. Burke, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


ROVER, Chief Judge.

This controversy arose from a garnishment proceeding in which appellant insurer as garnishee disclaimed coverage of its insured, one Robert Ledbetter, on the ground that the latter breached the so-called cooperation clause of an insurance policy.

Appellee's parked automobile was damaged when it was struck by a vehicle operated by one Henry McClain and owned by Ledbetter, who was insured under a property-damage liability policy issued by...

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