Legal Opinion
Firemen's Insurance v. 860 West Tower, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 15, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered July 14, 1997, which, insofar as appealed from, upon the parties’ respective motions for summary judgment, declared that plaintiff has a duty to defend defendants-respondents in an underlying action against them arising out of an alleged assault, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The IAS Court correctly held that plaintiff is required to defend defendant building, owners, managing agent and their employee in an underlying action brought by two former employees alleging an unprovoked assault by defendant employee. While the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fitzpatrick v. American Honda Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
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