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Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

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

Decided January 31, 1983PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Schnepp, J.

The narrow issue in this declaratory judgment action concerns the respective obligations of several insurance companies to provide the Austin Powder Company with insurance coverage for claims arising from the explosion of a parked dynamite-laden truck. The truck was rented from Bison Ford Truck Sales1 by Austin through its employee Leonard Rinker who used it to deliver explosives to the Lancaster Stone Products Corporation in fulfillment of an explosives service contract. At the time the truck was rented, Rinker assured the rental agent that he would not…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc. v. CareyNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. Public Service Mutual Insurance v. GoldfarbNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. Sturges Manufacturing Co. v. Utica Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. v. Continental National American Group Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Allstate InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1980

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania General Insurance v. Austin Powder Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Federal Insurance v. American Home Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
  3. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. LiMauroNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. The Burlington Insurance Company v. NYC Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 2017
  5. Maroney v. New York Central Mutual Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2005

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