Ruggerio v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

— In an action pursuant to former section 167 (subd 1, par [b]) of the Insurance Law to recover insurance proceeds pursuant to a judgment obtained by plaintiffs against defendant’s insured, based upon causes of action for negligent operation of an automobile and for negligence in the hiring of an incompetent and unlicensed employee driver and entrustment of a taxicab to him, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), dated September 12, 1983, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs had…