Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Chasson

This action for declaratory relief was commenced by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (“Fireman’s”) seeking a declaration of its obligations under a policy of automobile liability insurance issued to defendant Ilia Chasson (“Chasson”) on an automobile owned by him. The insured vehicle was involved in an accident in which Chasson’s passengers, defendants Schneiderman, Rubin and Ostrofsky, were injured. Each of the passengers filed his own independent personal injury action against Chasson and his alleged employers Gold, Miller, Thompson and Vanderstein, copartners doing business as The…