COWDEN v. AETNA CAS. & CURETY CO.


389 Pa. 459 (1957)

Cowden, Appellant, v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl F. Reed, with him Joseph E. Madva, Earl F. Reed, Jr. and Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, for appellant.

Charles E. Kenworthey, with him Gilbert J. Helwig and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, June 28, 1957:

This appeal grows out of an action in trespass by the plaintiff for the recovery of damages from the liability-insurer of his automobile trucks because of the insurer's refusal to participate in a proposed settlement of a law suit against the insured and another jointly for personal injuries sustained by a third person in a collision between one of the insured's trucks and...

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