Allianz Insurance v. Lerner

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This complex multi-party action arises out of a car accident in New York involving a leased vehicle. It highlights the various liability issues that often arise among a lessor, a lessee, and their respective insurers. These issues include: the vicarious liability of a lessor for the negligence of its lessee; the concomitant right of a lessor to seek indemnification from its lessee; and the separate duties of a lessee’s insurer to defend and indemnify its insured.

Regina Lerner (“Lerner”), Isabella Lerner (“Isabella”), and Dimitry Lerner (“Dimitry”) (collectively,…