Legal Opinion
Bijan Designer for Men, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 9, 2000PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Friedman, J.
The question presented by this appeal concerns the meaning of the phrase “manufactured by you” in the context of a commercial insurance policy. We conclude that under the terms of the policy plaintiff did not manufacture the clothing destroyed by a fire, notwithstanding that a designer such as plaintiff may be loosely considered a manufacturer within the parlance of the fashion industry.
Plaintiff (Bijan) is a designer and retailer of high-fashion men’s clothing. It operates two retail stores, one at the St. Re-gis Hotel in Manhattan and the other in Beverly…
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