Legal Opinion
Selective Insurance Company of America v. County of Rensselaer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 2016No. 4PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Abdus-Salaam, J.
We conclude that the underlying class action civil rights suit at issue does not constitute one occurrence under the relevant policies’ definition of “occurrence” and that the attorney’s fees generated in defending that suit were properly allocated to the named plaintiff. Therefore, we affirm the order of the Appellate Division.
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The County of Rensselaer implemented a policy of strip-searching all people who were admitted into its jail, regardless of the type of crime the person was alleged to have committed. At that time, the Second Circuit’s precedent…
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- White v. Continental Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2007
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