Legal Opinion
Katz v. Tower Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 8, 2006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for negligence in the procurement of insurance coverage, the defendant Silberstein Brokerage, Inc., appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bunyan, J.), dated March 3, 2005, as denied its cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
An insurance agent or broker may be held liable under a theory of negligence for failing to procure insurance (see Mickey’s Rides-N-More, Inc. v Anthony Viscuso Brokerage,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Structural Building Products Corp. v. Business Insurance Agency, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Santaniello v. Interboro Mutual Indemnity InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Mickey's Rides-N-More, Inc. v. Anthony Viscuso Brokerage, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- American Ref-Fuel Co. v. Resource Recycling, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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