Legal Opinion
Contractors Realty Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 17, 1979No. 77 Civ. 3459(MP)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS AND OPINION
POLLACK, District Judge.
I
SUMMARY STATEMENT
In November 1972, Gene DeMatteo, through the corporation he controls, purchased a brand new pleasure yacht from Chris Craft. He bought the yacht in order to entertain business clients and his family during local excursions and longer voyages between Connecticut and Florida, and do so with the style, grace and comfort one would expect from such a yacht. And, just as one would do with a new house or automobile, DeMatteo took out all risk insurance to cover the new yacht for any harm that might befall it.
Unfortunately, the style and…
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- Henjes v. Aetna Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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