Aetna Insurance v. Mirisola

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam J. Altman, J.), entered October 5, 1989, which, inter alia, struck several items from plaintiff’s notice for discovery and inspection and otherwise granted plaintiff’s motion to compel defendant to respond to the notice, is unanimously affirmed with costs and disbursements by plaintiff.

Defendant obtained a fine arts floater policy from plaintiff covering objects of art including an alleged Gainsborough painting insured for $400,000. Defendant subsequently submitted a claim under the policy, reporting that the painting had been stolen from his San…