Legal Opinion
WTC Captive Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 15, 2008No. 07 Civ. 1209(AKH)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION DECLARING INSURERS’ DUTY TO DEFEND
ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge:
The parties to this lawsuit — the City’s insurance carriers of the 9/11 clean up work — are engaged in a second phase of their dispute: which carriers, if any, and in which order, are required to defend the City and its contractors against the lawsuits of those who performed the clean-up work and claim they were injured because they were not provided with a safe work place or proper safety equipment. By my decisions of December 14, 2007 and March 19, 2008, I held that I have jurisdiction to hear the dispute. WTC…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Servidone Construction Corp. v. Security InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Technicon Electronics Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Frontier Insulation Contractors, Inc. v. Merchants Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- International Business Machines Corporation v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Maryland Casualty Company, W.R. Grace & Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re September 11th LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
- In Re World Trade Center Disaster Site LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
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