Williams v. New York Fire & Marine Insurance

CIACCIO, Judge.

The original plaintiffs, Dave Williams, Jacob D. Harrison and Norine Gibson, filed suit to recover damages sustained in an automobile collision against Earl Lenard and his insurer, New York Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Before trial Mr. Lenard died and plaintiffs substituted as defendant, his wife, Agnes Garibaldi Lenard, the administrator of his estate. Mrs. Lenard discovered that New York Fire & Marine had not renewed a previously issued insurance policy on behalf of her husband, so she filed a third-party complaint for indemnification against Carver General Insurance Agency to…