Legal Opinion
Baughman v. Merchants Mutual Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1996PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The dispositive issue on this appeal, before the Court as of right based on a two-Justice dissent at the Appellate Division (CPLR 5601 [a]), is whether a particular commercial insurance policy clause excludes coverage for a 1978 single-vehicle accident. We conclude that the coverage for the owners with respect to the accident and personal-trip circumstances presented by this case was definitively excluded by the policy clause at issue.
Plaintiffs, Donald H. Baughman and Donald H. Baughman, Inc., owners of the tractor at issue here, appeal from the declaration…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Caporino v. Travelers InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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