Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 27, 1996PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The motion court properly concluded that the underlying ac*386cident triggered the obligation of National to provide primary policy coverage requiring it to defend and indemnify the additional insureds. National’s insurance policy contains this blanket endorsement: "[A]ny entity to whom or to which the Named Insured [Heydt] is obligated by virtue of a written contract, is hereby included as an additional insured but only with respect to the operations by or on behalf of [Heydt].”
The contract between Heydt and Aetna’s insureds, i.e., the owner and general contractor, clearly created an obligation…
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