Beckley v. Otsego County Farmers Cooperative Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHalpern, J.
The plaintiff’s actions against the defendant fire insurance companies have been summarily dismissed on motion, not upon a showing that the plaintiff was not entitled to payment under the policies in the situation which existed at the time of the occurrence of the loss, but upon the ground that he had subsequently breached a condition of the policies by refusing to submit to an examination concerning the loss. This was the sole ground of the defendants’ motions for summary judgment.
We have concluded that the motions for summary judgment should have been denied. It appears to us that there is…
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