Legal Opinion

Great Am. Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. L. Knife & Son, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 14, 2016No. 842 157164/13PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Saliann Scarpulla, J.), entered April 20, 2015, which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment declaring the insurance policy it issued to defendants void ab initio and dismissing defendants’ counterclaims, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff seeks to void ab initio the insurance policy it issued to defendants bn the ground that defendants misrepresented the total insurable value (TIV) of the insured premises and its contents. The motion court correctly denied plaintiff’s motion, since plaintiff failed to establish as a matter of law that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Michigan National Bank-Oakland v. American Centennial InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Michigan National Bank-Oakland v. American Centennial InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. 128 Hester LLC v. New York Marine & General InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Han v. Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. of NYAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  2. Han v. Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. of NYAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  3. Great Am. Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. L. Knife & Son, IncAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018

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