Legal Opinion
Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Schuster Films, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 29, 1993No. 89 Civ. 2531 (MBM)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that it has no liability under the insurance policy it issued in 1982 to cover, among other hazards associated with production of a motion picture, the risk of damage to negative film. Certain negatives of the film, a 3-D rock musical epic that was to be entitled “Rock ’N Roll Hotel,” were lost or destroyed at a processing facility, apparently in California.
The case is now before the court pursuant to a March 3, 1992 order that divided the issues between those triable to the bench and those triable to a jury. That…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Security Mutual Insurance v. Acker-Fitzsimons Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Clemmer v. Hartford Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Walter E. Heller & Co. v. Video Innovations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
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- Sybron Transition Corporation v. Security Insurance Company Of HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Pfizer, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2004
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