Legal Opinion
Rochwarger v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 1, 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered February 28, 1992, which denied plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The distinction between "claims made” and "occurrence” policies controls the issue of coverage in this case, not whether defendant-insurer suffered any prejudice as a result of the short delay in giving notice of the claim (Chas. T. Main, Inc. v Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 406 Mass 862, 865, 551 NE2d 28, 30). An insured under a "claims made”…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chas. T. Main, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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