Legal Opinion
White v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 1992PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallach, J.
In this declaratory judgment action, we are called upon to consider whether a 10-year delay by a public authority in reporting a personal injury claim to its liability insurance carrier complied with a policy provision requiring notice of a pertinent occurrence to be furnished "as soon as practicable”. Under the circumstances presented here, we conclude that the decade-long delay constituted a breach of the insured’s contractual obligations under the policy which entitled the carrier to disclaim any duty to defend or indemnify the claim.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Pierson v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Caselli v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Merchants Mutual Insurance v. HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Tarquinio v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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3Cited by2 opinions
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