Globe Indemnity Co. v. Sterling Stewart Corp.

Judgment affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: The question is presented whether a policy of workmen’s compensation and employers’ liability insurance issued by the plaintiff-insurer covers a claim by an employee for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from silicosis. The plaintiff-insurer has thus far successfully maintained that its policy here in suit — which is the standard form for such insurance — applies only to injuries resulting from accidents occurring during the period of coverage and that within the terms of its insurance contract, the onset of silicosis is not an accidental…