Royal Farms, Inc. v. Superintendent of Insurance

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered April 6, 1989, confirming the report of Referee Hyman Korn, dated October 17, 1988, dismissing claimant Royal Farms’ demand to reform three insurance contracts issued to it by Union Indemnity Insurance Company (Union), unanimously affirmed, with costs and disbursements.

In order "to overcome the heavy presumption that a deliberately prepared and executed written instrument manifested the true intention of the parties” (Backer Mgt. Corp. v Acme Quilting Co., 46 NY2d 211, 219), a party seeking reformation must, by clear and…