Legal Opinion

Elacqua v. Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 5, 2008PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peters, J.E

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court *887(McNamara, J.), entered July 2, 2007 in Albany County, upon a decision of the court in favor of defendant.

The facts leading up to the instant dispute are set forth in this Court’s decision upon the parties’ prior appeal (21 AD3d 702 [2005], lv dismissed 6 NY3d 844 [2006] [hereinafter Elacqua I]). Upon that appeal, we held, among other things, that pursuant to Public Serv. Mut. Ins. Co. v Goldfarb (53 NY2d 392 [1981]), when the existence of both covered and uncovered claims gives rise to a conflict of interest between an insurer and its…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  4. Prashker v. United States Guarantee Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
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