AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. BEKINS VAN LINES CO.


114 A.D.2d 308 (1985)

Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Appellant, v. Bekins Van Lines Co., Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff. Gerald Smith, Third-Party Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 8, 1985


The facts are adequately set forth in the dissenting opinion. The issue presented by the unusual factual pattern seems to us to require the application of principles other than those found dispositive by our dissenting colleague.

Undeniably it is the general rule that the subrogation rights of the insurer who pays the insured for damages caused by the fault or wrongdoing of a third party may not be defeated by a settlement entered into between the insured and the...

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