Legal Opinion
Cass v. Finger Lakes Co-operative Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 17, 1985PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered March 22,1984 in Tioga County, upon a verdict rendered at Trial Term (Fischer, J.).
On September 5, 1978, a three-story brick building owned by plaintiff was damaged by fire. Defendants are two insurance companies, which each insured the building against fire damage for $35,000, for a total coverage of $70,000. Plaintiff brought the instant action to recover money damages for breach of the contracts of fire insurance after defendants refused to pay his claimed damages. Defendants asserted the affirmative defenses *905of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McAnarney v. Newark Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Gervant v. New England Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Reilly v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Sebring v. Firemen's Insurance Co. of NewarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Phelps v. FiordilinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mazzocki v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Iannucci v. Allstate Ins. Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 2018
- Coral Realty, LLC v. Federal Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2020