Legal Opinion
Lend Lease (US) Construction LMB Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Company
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 2017No. 11PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fahey, J.
In this action, plaintiffs seek a declaration of coverage under a program of builder’s risk insurance furnished by defendants for loss—specifically, damage to a tower crane—caused by Su-perstorm Sandy. At issue here is the question whether the crane is covered in the first instance under the insurance provided for temporary works and, if so, whether the contractor’s tools exclusion defeats that initial grant of coverage. Also at issue—and critical to our analysis—is the question whether the contractor’s tools exclusion is ineffective because it would render the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- White v. Continental Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2007
- Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
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