U. S. FIRE INS. CO. v. AETNA CAS. CO.

No. G.D. 83-3447.

32 Pa. D. & C. 3d 91 (1983)

United States Fire Insurance Company v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company

Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

October 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Tucker, III, for plaintiffs.

James F. Manley, for defendant.


FINKELHOR, J., October 26, 1983.

This matter is before the court for disposition of the preliminary objections, filed by plaintiff United States Fire Insurance Company (U. S. Fire), to the new matter of defendant Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (Aetna). The issue is whether an insured's assignment of a claim in assumpsit against his insurer, in exchange for a "reduction" of his liability to the assignee, operates to limit the insurer's liability vis-a-vis...

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