Legal Opinion
American Insurance v. City of Jamestown
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 22, 2012No. 10-CV-834-APublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RICHARD J. ARCARA, District Judge.
This action is brought by an insurance company to recover approximately $392,000 it paid to an insured for property damage allegedly caused by municipal negligence. On August 9, 2009, a drainage culvert in Jamestown, New York, became clogged with tree limbs and branches during very heavy rain. Storm water backed up and flooded' part of a hospital. The plaintiff, The American Insurance Company (“AIC”), paid the hospital for the flood damage.
Plaintiff AIC alleges that the defendant, the City of Jamestown, caused the flood damage to the…
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