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· 3/7/1958

Segal v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Citations

  • 148 N.E.2d 659
  • 337 Mass. 185
  • 1958 Mass. LEXIS 636

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that insured’s notice to insurer, four months after the incident, was not “as soon as practicable” where insured was aware of an occurrence a few hours after it happened but thought that the occurrence did not come within the coverage of the policy or that no claim would be brought
  • “What is a reasonable time is a question of fact, but where the basic facts are undisputed it becomes a question of law”
  • four months and four days

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Judges: Wilkins, Ronan, Williams, Counihan, Cutter

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