Ess v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

—Judgment unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment declaring that defendant is obligated to defend and indemnify plaintiff in an underlying personal injury action. That action arose out of a 1984 automobile accident that occurred near Anchorage, Alaska, while plaintiff was in Alaska for a youth hockey tournament. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was operating an automobile provided by the tournament hosts and rented from National Car Rental. The insurance policy covering the automobile was issued by a company that…