Legal Opinion
Mighty Midgets, Inc. v. Centennial Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1979PublishedCited by 327 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
Applying an objectively stanced reasonable person standard, in the facts and circumstances of this case we hold that it could be found that written notification of the occurrence of an accident approximately seven and a half months after the assured learned of the event met a liability policy’s requirement that the insurer be given notice "as soon as practicable”. On a subsidiary issue, we also hold that the insurer is not liable for attorneys’ fees and disbursements necessarily incurred in the policyholder’s successful prosecution of the action it brought to…
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