Kaufmann v. Leatherstocking Cooperative Insurance

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Dowd, J.), entered October 3, 2007 in Otsego County, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

In June 2004, plaintiff requested that defendant Hughson & Benson Associates Insurance (hereinafter H & B) provide him with a homeowners’ insurance policy on property he owned at 159 County Highway 56 in the Village of Schenevus, Otsego County. H & B secured a policy through defendant Leatherstocking Cooperative Insurance Company, effective June 25, 2004 through June 25, 2005. Plaintiff tendered a down payment of $94 at…