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Late Notice to Insurer Not Fatal to Claim Under New York Law, Federal Court Holds

In an opinion that was published in today’s New York Law Journal, a Federal judge refused to hold as a matter of law that an insurance company’s disclaimer of coverage was proper – even though the insured did not report the underlying incident giving rise to the claim until over a year had passed.
In this [...]

Posted Under: Breach of contract, disclaimer, insurance contract
This post was written by Jonathan Cooper on September 9, 2009 Comments (0)

NY’s High Court Finds Insurer Required To Defend & Indemnify Landlord – Even Though Landlord Not Named As Additional Insured

In a decision that was handed down on June 25, New York’s Court of Appeals was confronted with an unusual question: under what circumstances can someone (or, as in this case, a small business in New York) be deemed an additional insured on an insurance contract (such that the insurance company is obligated to defend and indemnify them [...]

Posted Under: breach of fiduciary duty, insurance contract
This post was written by Jonathan Cooper on July 3, 2009 Comments (0)