Allstate Insurance v. Furman

What the majority by affirming

on the Appellate Division decision ignores, as did the Appellate Division, is that the injured claimant is Daniel Furman; it is Daniel, by his guardian, who sues; it is Daniel who has suffered physical injury for which he is entitled under our law to recover from his parents; it is Daniel as “claimant” who is protected by section 167 (subd 1, par [d]) of the Insurance Law from the invalidation of his claim if it be shown that notice “was given as soon as was reasonably possible” for him to give notice; it is Daniel as “claimant” who was, or whose appointed…