Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Kuhn
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 27, 1997PublishedCited by 226 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The question for this case is whether an insurance agent should be liable to a former customer for tortious misrepresentation and breach of implied contract. The alleged wrongdoing is a failure of the defendant insurance agent to advise plaintiff Thomas Murphy as to possible additional insurance coverage needs. The theory of the lawsuit and the asserted duty is a special relationship and special level of advisory responsibility.
The Appéllate Division affirmed an order of Supreme Court, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the…
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