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MICHAELS v. AGRIC. INS. CO.

38 N.Y.2d 793 (1975)

Jack Michaels, Appellant, v. Agricultural Insurance Company et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 22, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Ander and William C. Cain for appellant.

Max J. Gwertzman for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order should be affirmed.

In this action for breach of a contract allegedly entered into on behalf of each of the parties by professional insurance adjusters, the burden of proof to establish that the insurance companies' adjuster had authority to bind his principal to a settlement was on the plaintiff (Dudley v Perkins, 235 N.Y. 448, 455; Warren v Commercial Cas. Ins. Co., 241 App Div...

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