Opinion · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. North River Insurance

124 A.D.2d 621

Type
Opinion
Court
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Jurisdiction
New York
Date
1986-11-10
Topic
antitrust

How later courts describe this case

  • stating that the "[insurer] received timely notice of the accident and the main action to recover damages for personal injuries" (emphasis added)

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. North River Insurance. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Cited by
4 opinions

The late service of a notice of a third-party action commenced against North River’s insured did not relieve it of the obligation to defend and indemnify United, since North River received timely notice of the accident and the main action to recover damages for personal injuries brought against the plaintiff in the instant action, conducted a further investigation, and had the opportunity to defend in the third-party *622 action (see, Home Indem. Co. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 64 AD2d 212; Lauritano v American Fid. Fire Ins. Co., 3 AD2d 564, affd 4 NY2d 1028). Lazer, J. P., Niehoff, Lawrence and Hooper, JJ., concur.