Muhl v. Vesta Fire Insurance

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered October 20, 2000, which, on plaintiff’s motion and insofar as appealed, referred the issue of damages owed to plaintiff to a Special Referee to hear and report, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and plaintiff’s motion denied.

Plaintiff is the liquidator of an insurance company which entered into several retrocession agreements, transactions by *109which a reinsurer (here, Midland) cedes all or part of its reinsurance policies to another reinsurer (here, defendant). Plaintiff commenced this action…