Legal Opinion
Prudential Property & Casualty Co. v. Szeli
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1994PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Under Insurance Law § 3420 (f) (2), an insured’s supplementary underinsured motorist coverage is triggered when the limit of the insured’s bodily injury liability coverage is greater than the same coverage in the tortfeasor’s policy. On this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the tortfeasor in a multiple-victim automobile accident should be deemed underinsured where he has a "single limit” policy providing a $300,000 limit per accident for both bodily injury and property damage liability, while the insured has a "split limit” policy containing a bodily…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Maurizzio v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Fireman's Fund Insurance v. FredaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Di Stasi v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Automobile Insurance v. StillwayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Leetz v. Amica Mutual Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by39 opinions
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