Schlott v. Transcontinental Insurance

*340Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter B. Tolub, J.), entered May 17, 2006, which denied plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Muriel Schlott fell on steps constructed by defendant’s insured, against whom plaintiffs took a default judgment. Unable to collect payment, they forwarded a copy of the judgment to defendant. Within two weeks, defendant rejected coverage on the ground of late notice, in a disclaimer letter sent to both the policyholder and plaintiffs’…