Richie's Corner, Inc. v. National Specialty Insurance

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

COGAN, District Judge.

This removed diversity case involves the denial of an insurance claim stemming from a premises fire. The defendant insurance company claims that plaintiff, who it suspects of arson, failed to cooperate in its investigation of the claim in violation of plaintiffs obligation under the policy. The ease is before me on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. I hold that plaintiff breached its obligation under the policy and I therefore grant the motion.

BACKGROUND 1

Plaintiff ran a delicatessen in Queens. On October 9, 2006, a fire occurred. The…