Legal Opinion
Adams v. Jefferson Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order and judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The notice of disclaimer delivered to plaintiff in 1983, although it misquoted the language of an exclusion in the policy, identified the applicable policy exclusion and set forth the factual basis for the insurer’s position that the claim fell within a policy exclusion with sufficient specificity to satisfy the statutory mandate and purpose (see, Insurance Law § 3420 [d]; General Acc. Ins. Group v Cirucci, 46 NY2d 862, 864; John v Centennial Ins. Co., 91 AD2d 1104, 1105, lv denied 59 NY2d 605). The duty to disclaim is…
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- John v. Centennial InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Foremost Insurance Co. v. RiosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
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