Clarkson v. Selected Risks Insurance Company

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• holding that plaintiff, in ratifying the settlement agreement, nec essarily ratified attorney s authority to receive the settlement draft
• reaching same result on similar facts where U.C.C. is in force
• “When a principal institutes suit to enforce an unauthorized agreement made by his agent, the principal affirms or ratifies the transactio n.”
• defendant fulfilled insurance contract obligation and was not liable for negligence for forwarding settlement check to attorney who then forged client's indorsement
• passage of two months is unreasonable

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