Legal Opinion
Westchester Fire Insurance v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Ramos, J.), entered January 25, 2000, February 10, 2000 and August 2, 2000, which, inter alia, declared that the various primary, umbrella and excess insurers are not obligated to defend or indemnify Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife) in 18 underlying actions involving deceptive sales practices claims, and that Westchester Fire Insurance Co. and The North River Insurance Co. (collectively, Westchester) must defend MetLife in a nineteenth underlying action, titled Dong Li v Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., that includes defamation claims as…
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