Legal Opinion
Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance v. Cologne Reinsurance Co. of America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1990PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Kaye, J.
This appeal calls upon us to resolve a question of reinsurance law — a field in which differences have often been settled by handshakes and umpires, and pertinent precedents of this court are few in number.
Plaintiff (Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Company), an insurer, underwrote a one-year commercial property insurance policy for Auburn Steel Company, a steel mill located in upstate New York. The policy became effective on February 1, 1983, and provided "all-risks” coverage against loss of or damage to property from any hazard save those specifically excluded.…
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