Legal Opinion
International Multifoods Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 1, 2000No. 98CIV.4469(AKH)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION (Construing War Risk Exclusion to All-Risk Insurance Coverage)
HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.
I have been asked to resolve a dispute about an issue of insurance coverage: whether parol evidence of alleged custom and usage may be admitted to contradict the plain meaning of a war risk exclusion clause. Plaintiff International Multifoods (“IMF”), a Minnesota corporation, is in the business of selling frozen meat. Pursuant to a contract with ASCOP Corp., a New York corporation, IMF shipped product from Pascagoula, Mississippi to St. Peters-burg, Russia aboard…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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- Chimart Associates v. PaulNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by12 opinions
- International Multifoods Corporation v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Superintendent of Insurance for the State of New York v. First Central Financial Corp. (In Re First Central Financial Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2001
- Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico, S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2009
- TV Tokyo Corp. v. 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (In re 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2011
- Silverman v. MirandaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
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