October 20, 1944. Present — Martin, P.J., Untermyer, Dore, Cohn and Callahan, JJ. [ 181 Misc. 518.] [See post, p. 904.]
Delayed notice will be excused, as here, where the insured is unaware of insurance coverage. Solomon v. Continental Fire Ins. Co., 160 N.Y. 595, 55 N.E. 279, 280 (App. 1899); Greenwich Bank v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 250 N.Y. 116, 164 N.E. 876, 880-81 (1928); Zurich Ins. Co. v. Martinez, 24 Misc.2d 437, 201 N.Y.S.2d 810 (1960); Kitching v. Century Ins. Co., 20 A.D.2d 791, 248 N.Y.S.2d 107 (1964); York-Buffalo Motor Express v. National Fire Marine Ins. Co., 181 Misc.2d 518, 43 N.Y.S.2d 483 (Sup.Ct. 1943), aff'd 268 A.D. 855, 50 N.Y.S.2d 845 (1944), rev'd on other grounds 294 N.Y. 467, 63 N.E.2d 61 (1945). See also Costanzo v. Pennsylvania Thresherman Farmers' Mut. Cas. Ins. Co., 30 N.J. 262, 152 A.2d 589 (1959); Mariani v. Bender, 85 N.J. Super. 490, 205 A.2d 323 (App.Div. 1964).