LTS Contractors, Inc. v. Hartford Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Special Term properly dismissed plaintiff’s second cause of action which sought recovery for “consequential damages” arising from defendant’s alleged failure promptly to pay plaintiff’s actual damage claim. Such consequential damages neither arose from defendant’s breach of the insurance contract, nor were they within the contemplations of the parties when the policy was issued (see Orester v Dayton Rubber Mfg. Co., 228 NY 134,137; Fifty States Mgt. Corp. v Niagara Permanent Sav. & Loan Assn., 58 AD2d 177,178; Motif Constr. Corp. v Buffalo…
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