Legal Opinion
Kason v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 4, 1975PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard N. Cohen, J.
This trial pinpoints the inefficiency of a specialized and fragmented bureaucracy — our municipal government — when faced with deviation from customary practice. The city is a self-insurer with few exceptions. This was one of them. The result was incapacity to adjust to the exception.
In a trial of a severed third-party action by the city, impleading the insurer as third-party defendant, alleging insurance coverage and indemnification from the insurer for an underlying property damage negligence action against the city, the following facts are undisputed:
An alleged fire originated on October…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Deso v. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Vanderbilt v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
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- Gardner-Denver Co. v. Dic-Underhill Construction Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Silas L. Jennings v. Horace Mann Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Stargatt v. AvenellDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1977
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