GREAT SOUTHWEST FIRE INS. CO. v. GONZALES


201 N.J. Super. 361 (1985)

493 A.2d 61

GREAT SOUTHWEST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BOLIVAR AND ANGELA GONZALES, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Methfessel & Werbel, for appellant (Richard A. Grodeck, on the brief).

No brief for respondents was timely filed.

Before Judges McELROY and DREIER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, J.A.D.

Plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment granted by Judge Gascoyne dismissing its claims for legal fees and costs incurred in defending a prior action brought by defendant to recover insurance proceeds following a fire loss. The jury in that action found for defendant (plaintiff here), ostensibly on the basis of a fraud perpetrated by the insureds.

Plaintiff contends that the line of cases including...

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