Legal Opinion
United States Fire Insurance v. American Home Assurance Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 14, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered on or about May 24, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously modified, on the law, the first cause of action, for declaratory relief, reinstated, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Giving the complaint a liberal construction and every favorable inference (Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]), and accepting that the question under CPLR 3211 (a) (7) is not whether plaintiff has clearly stated a cause of action but…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leon v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Guggenheimer v. GinzburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- National Union Fire Insurance v. Hartford InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- National Union Fire Insurance of Pittsburgh v. Hartford InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- American Guarantee & Liability Insurance v. CNA Reinsurance Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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