Ashland Window & Housecleaning Co. v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCohn, J.
This action was brought by the insured under a public liability policy issued by defendant Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York (hereafter called “ Metropolitan ”). Defendant denied liability on the ground, among others, of noncoverage.
Plaintiff, Ashland Window & Housecleaning Co., Inc., (hereafter called “ Ashland ”) was under contract in 1937 with the American Chicle Company (hereafter called “ Chicle ”) to do its window cleaning. In October of that year, Leroy Burris, an employee of plaintiff, while engaged in cleaning the windows at the premises of Chicle, was injured by a…
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