Canfield v. Peerless Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, cross motion denied, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and granting plaintiffs cross motion for summary judgment. The court erred in determining that the language “residents of your household” in the homeowner’s insurance policy was ambiguous and in construing that language against defendant, thereby concluding that plaintiffs daughter, Elizabeth, was not a resident of the household of her father and stepmother when she was…
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