Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co. v. Cologne Reinsurance Co. of America

— Order and judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered June 7, 1988 and July 7, 1988, respectively, which granted the motions of defendants-respondents the Philadelphia Reinsurance Corporation and the Buffalo Reinsurance Company and dismissed the complaint as against them, reversed, on the law, without costs, and the complaint reinstated against these defendants.

Supreme Court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants-respondents the Philadelphia Reinsurance Corporation (Philadelphia) and the Buffalo Reinsurance Company (Buffalo). The court…