Federal Insurance v. North American Specialty Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
Plaintiff Federal Insurance Company, claiming it should have contributed only $1,000,000 to the settlement, sues individually and as subrogee of Galaxy General Contracting Corp. to recoup half of the $2,000,000 it paid as Galaxy’s excess liability insurer to settle an underlying personal injury action in which Galaxy was a named defendant. In this action, Federal named as defendants Rivkin Radler LLP and Bruce A. Bendix (collectively Rivkin), who represented Galaxy in the underlying action, asserting legal malpractice, and also Allied World Assurance Company…
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