Legal Opinion
Cytopath Biopsy Laboratory, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 22, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*301Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland De-Grasse, J.), entered August 21, 2003, dismissing the complaint, pursuant to a prior grant of defendant’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Defendant disclaimed insurance coverage when plaintiff failed to establish that its business interruption losses stemmed from a “direct physical loss to property” (compare Roundabout Theatre Co. v Continental Cas. Co., 302 AD2d 1, 6-7 [2002]), such as a break in a pipe. The laboratory was ordered to shut down after a discharge of noxious fumes caused other tenants in the…
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