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subrogationcommon carrier liability
Hall & Long v The Railroad Companies
80 US (13 Wall) 367 (1871)
Key Principle
An insurer who pays a total loss on goods destroyed by the fault of a common carrier is entitled, by subrogation, to recover what it has paid by suing the carrier in the name of the assured, the insurer being treated as standing in the shoes of the insured.
Area of Law
General
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