Legal Opinion
Kassis v. Ohio Casualty Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 2009PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
We are asked to determine whether a landlord is an additional insured under an insurance policy obtained by his tenant such that the insurer is obligated to defend and indemnify the landlord in an underlying personal injury lawsuit. Joseph Kassis (Kassis) leased property in Syracuse, New York to Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc. (Superior Sign), and Superior Sign obtained a commercial general liability insurance policy on the property from The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (Ohio Casualty). On February 25, 2004, Andrew Holden, a Superior Sign employee,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lang v. Hanover InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Pecker Iron Works of New York, Inc. v. Traveler's InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- Kassis v. Ohio Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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