Matter of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Patrick Fitzgerald

================================================================= This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 119 In the Matter of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Patrick Fitzgerald, Respondent. Henry Mascia, for appellant. Frank Braunstein, for respondent. ABDUS-SALAAM, J.: More than a quarter-century ago, in Matter of State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v Amato (

72 NY2d 288

[1988]), we squarely "h[e]ld" that "Insurance Law § 3420 (f) -- providing…