Calvert Fire Ins. Co. v. James

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Where the tortious conduct of a third person is the cause of a loss covered by an insurance policy, the insurer, upon payment of the loss, becomes subrogated pro tanto by operation of law to whatever rights the insured may have against the wrongdoer.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gill v. Rollins Protective Services Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-09-26· cited 103×
• Travelers Indemnity Company v. Chumbley
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1965-07-21· cited 87×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Foundation Reserve Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1967-09-11· cited 66×
• Kuznik v. Bees Ferry Associates
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2000-09-25· cited 51×
• Home Insurance Co. v. Hertz Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 44×
• Fasso v. Doerr
  New York Court of Appeals· 2009-02-24· cited 33×
• Seaside Resorts, Inc. v. Club Car, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1992-03-30· cited 18×
• Southern Bnk. & Trst. Co. v. Harrison Sales Co. Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-02-28· cited 15×
• Leader National Insurance v. Torres
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-04-12· cited 14×
• Cleaveland v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-04-05· cited 12×
• Spearman v. J & S FARMS, INC.
  D. South Carolina· 1990-02-08· cited 11×
• Motors Ins. Corp. v. Surety Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1964-02-05· cited 8×
• Shumpert v. Time Insurance
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-01-12· cited 8×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Wee
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1971-06-22· cited 8×
• Rankin v. Superior Auto. Ins. Co. of Florence
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1960-12-07· cited 7×
• Intown Properties Management, Inc. v. Wheaton Van Lines, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-10-31· cited 6×
• Federal Insurance Company v. Plaza Drugs, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 1971-12-02· cited 4×
• Frank B. Hall & Co. v. Vic Bailey Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-05-15· cited 4×
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Canal Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1970-04-10· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-04-30

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Hooker Electrochemical Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1925-03-03· cited 119×
• Powers v. CALVERT FIRE INS. CO.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1950-02-16· cited 52×
• Kidd v. Hillman
  California Court of Appeal· 1936-06-09· cited 26×
• Mobile Insurance v. Columbia &c. R. R.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1894-06-25· cited 25×
• Wallace v. Timmons
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1958-02-06· cited 19×
• Spell v. Traxler
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1956-07-02· cited 17×
• St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1954-07-14· cited 13×
• Sharp v. Bannon
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1953-05-29· cited 13×
• South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. v. Aetna Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1956-12-12· cited 9×
• King v. Prince
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-01-20· cited 6×
• Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Trapp
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1958-02-04· cited 6×
• Calvert Fire Insurance v. James
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1960-06-06· cited 2×