Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Universal Builders Supply
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 31, 2004No. 1:00-cv-04634PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.
This action arises from the collapse of a 49-story scaffolding structure on a construction site. The insurance company that issued a builder’s risk policy for the site seeks to recover from the contractor responsible for the scaffolding approximately $20 million that the insurer paid to cover damages caused by the collapse. The contractor filed a third-party complaint against three of its liability insurers, seeking to have them defend and indemnify it in this action. Third-party defendants moved to dismiss the underlying complaint against the contractor and…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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