Legal Opinion
Gross v. Allstate Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 1989PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John Copertino, J.
The question presented on this motion appears to be one of first impression in New York, and may be stated simply: is the fact of an insured’s indictment for a felony, standing alone, sufficient to relieve an insurance carrier of its obligation to pay first-party benefits under New York’s automobile No-Fault Law?
The essential facts of this case are not in dispute. On April 1, 1989, plaintiff Lawrence Gross was driving a pickup truck *31on Route 25A in Smithtown, New York, and was involved in a serious accident. The driver of the car with which Mr. Gross’s…
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