Legal Opinion
Lancaster v. Inc. Village of Freeport
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 21, 2012PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*886“[A] municipal employer’s statutory duty to defend pursuant to Public Officers Law § 18 is analogous to an insurance company’s contractual duty to defend an insured” (Matter of Dreyer v City of Saratoga Springs, 43 AD3d 586, 588 [2007]; cf. Matter of Garcia v Abrams, 98 AD2d 871 [1983]; Matter of New York State Inspection, Sec. & Law Enforcement Empls., Dist. Council 82, AFSCME, AFL-CIO v Abrams, 135 AD2d 304, 306 [1988]; see generally Frontier Ins. Co. v State of New York, 87 NY2d 864, 867 [1995]; Matter of Barkan v Roslyn Union Free School Dist., 67 AD3d 61, 67-68 [2009]). “In order to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Alexander v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Thrasher v. United States Liability InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- United States v. QuattroneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Continental Casualty Co. v. StradfordNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
- Frontier Insurance v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lancaster v. Incorporated Village of FreeportNew York Court of Appeals · 2013