Federal Insurance v. Arthur Andersen & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting notion that defendant can escape liability simply because subrogee was paid to insure loss victim
• rejecting notion that defendant can escape liability simply because subrogee was paid to insure loss victim
• “[T]he principles of subrogation ought to be liberally applied to the protection of those who are its natural beneficiaries.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• whether accountant breached its duty to insured in failing to discover defalcations of insured’s employee
• insurer which has paid insured’s loss can seek restitution from tortfeasor which caused insured’s loss
• subrogee like plaintiff may maintain action in own name as real party in interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).