Oot v. Home Insurance Co. of Indiana
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*64OPINION OF THE COURT
Fallon, J.
The issue before us is whether a clause in a professional liability policy that defines an insured in part as “any lawyer * * * who was a former partner * * * of the firm [insured under the policy] or predecessor firm(s)” includes a former partner who was disbarred after the occurrence of the events giving rise to the claim. We conclude that it does. We further conclude that coverage for the claim is not excluded by the policy and that plaintiffs’ motion insofar as it seeks summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Thomas M. Oot should be granted.
Thomas was formerly…
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