Legal Opinion

Kumar v. American Transit Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 21, 2008PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages incurred as the result of alleged acts of bad faith by defendant and third-party plaintiff, American Transit Insurance Company (American), as the insurer of plaintiffs’ assignor. American then commenced a third-party action alleging that the damages plaintiffs sought to recover from American were caused by the negligence of third-party defendants (collectively, Hiscock attorneys). We agree with American that Supreme Court erred in granting the motion of the Hiscock attorneys to dismiss the third-party complaint for failure to…

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  4. Teichman v. Community Hospital of Western SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. Winkelmann v. Excelsior InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1995

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