Utica Mutual Insurance v. American Re-Insurance

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Samuel D. Hester, J.), entered December 4, 2014. The order granted the motion of defendant American Re-Insurance Company, now known as Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., to sever the claims against it from the claims against defendant Transatlantic Reinsurance Company.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiff, an insurance company, commenced this breach of contract and declaratory judgment action against defendants, American Re-Insurance Company, now known as Munich…