Vincel v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

In an action pursuant to Insurance Law § 3420 (a) (2) to recover the amount of an unsatisfied judgment against the defendant’s purported insured, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Brathwaite Nelson, J.), entered August 11, 2014, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff was attacked by a pit bull while he was getting his car from a garage he rented. The garage was next door to premises owned by Rita Alvericci. When Rita purchased the premises, she procured a…