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426-428 West 46th St. Owners, Inc. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 10, 2005
23 A.D.3d 207 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

7025.

November 10, 2005.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard J. Fried, J.), entered July 12, 2004, which denied defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' declaratory judgment action challenging defendant insurer's disclaimer of coverage on the ground that plaintiffs' notice of claim was untimely, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Thomas D. Hughes, New York (Julia M. Moore of counsel), for appellant.

Windels, Marx, Lane Mittendorf, LLP, New York (Robert J. Luddy of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Buckley, P.J., Tom, Andrias, Sullivan and Malone, JJ., concur.


There was uncontradicted evidence presented by plaintiffs that although they knew on August 27, 2002 that their tenant had been found lying incapacitated inside her apartment and was brought by ambulance to the hospital, they lacked knowledge that she had sustained severe injuries from falling down stairs inside her apartment, and that the tenant provided no information which would lead plaintiffs to believe she held them responsible for her condition. In these circumstances, the IAS court properly concluded that defendant had not shown that plaintiffs' delay in notifying defendant of the incident until June 18, 2003, shortly after the tenant commenced the underlying action, was unreasonable as a matter of law ( Argentina v. Otsego Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 86 NY2d 748). Furthermore, taking all the circumstances into consideration, plaintiffs' apparent failure to conduct any inquiry into the tenant's condition did not render their excuse unreasonable as a matter of law.


Summaries of

426-428 West 46th St. Owners, Inc. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 10, 2005
23 A.D.3d 207 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

426-428 West 46th St. Owners, Inc. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance

Case Details

Full title:426-428 WEST 46TH ST. OWNERS, INC., et al., Respondents, v. GREATER NEW…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 10, 2005

Citations

23 A.D.3d 207 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 8602
804 N.Y.S.2d 61

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