Universal Indemnity Insurance v. Gore

50 P.2d 1149, 97 Colo. 516, 1935 Colo. LEXIS 350
CourtSupreme Court of Colorado
DecidedOctober 21, 1935
DocketNo. 13,517.
StatusPublished

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Universal Indemnity Insurance v. Gore, 50 P.2d 1149, 97 Colo. 516, 1935 Colo. LEXIS 350 (Colo. 1935).

Opinion

Mr. Justice Hilliard

delivered the opinion of the court.

A proceeding in garnishment.

It appears that one Morgan, driving a car rented from Hertz Driv-ur-self System, Inc., so negligently operated it that defendant in error was given judgment against him for damages. On review the judgment was affirmed. Morgan v. Gore, 96 Colo. 508, 44 P. (2d) 918. Subsequent to the judgment, plaintiff in error, insurer of the Hertz System, was garnished, and on trial was adjudged to pay Gore, judgment creditor in the principal action, the sum of his recovery against Morgan. Error is assigned.

*517 We think the matter is controlled by Universal Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Tenery, 96 Colo. 10, 39 P. (2d) 776, where on facts substantially as here, the identical plaintiff in error, contending as to its liability on the same policy, was held to be liable in garnishment. There is not need that we add to the exhaustive exposition in the Tenery case. It is informative to say that the item of punitive damages, rejected there, is not present here.

Let the judgment be affirmed.

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Morgan v. Gore
44 P.2d 918 (Supreme Court of Colorado, 1935)
Universal Indemnity Insurance v. Tenery
39 P.2d 776 (Supreme Court of Colorado, 1934)

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