Senate Insurance v. Ezick

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Keegan, J.), entered February 25, 2000 in Albany County, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

At all times relevant to this appeal, Lawrence Group, Inc. (hereinafter LGI) was a holding company for various insurance agency and underwriting components. Plaintiff, an Arizona insurance company, was a wholly owned subsidiary of United Republic Insurance Company, which was principally owned by Lawrence Insurance Group, Inc., 93% of which was owned by LGI. Barbara Lawrence (hereinafter Lawrence) had been a 50%…