Legal Opinion
Bajraktari Management Corp. v. American International Group, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 3, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered October 9, 2009, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The insurance policy clearly and unambiguously defines “Continuity Date” as December 29, 2004. The motion court correctly declined to consider parol evidence to ascertain the parties’ intention as to that date (see W.W.W. Assoc. v Giancontieri, 77 NY2d 157, 162 [1990]). “[A] contract is not rendered ambiguous just because one of the parties attaches a different, subjective meaning to one of its terms” (Moore…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- W.W.W. Associates, Inc. v. GiancontieriNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Slayko v. Security Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Moore v. KopelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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