Legal Opinion

Frontier Insurance v. State

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 21, 1995PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs, and the certified question answered in the negative.

Claimant Frontier Insurance Company is an insurer of two physicians employed by the State as assistant professors at medical schools of the State University of New York. In unrelated cases, each doctor was served with a complaint alleging medical malpractice in the performance of surgical procedures.

Pursuant to Public Officers Law § 17 (2) (a), the doctors requested the State to defend them. The State denied the requests, claiming that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Seaboard Surety Co. v. Gillette Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Solnick v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Servidone Construction Corp. v. Security InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. McBarnetteNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Spoor-Lasher Co., Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1976

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Maryland Casualty Company, W.R. Grace & Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  2. Banks v. YokemickDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
  3. MIC General Insurance Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
  4. Maxum Indemnity Co. v. A One Testing Laboratories, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2015
  5. Lorusso v. New York State Office of Court AdministrationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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