Opinion
570736/10.
Decided December 30, 2010.
Defendant appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Arthur F. Engoron, J.), dated July 8, 2010, which granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and denied defendant's cross motion for summary judgment.
Order (Arthur F. Engoron, J.), dated July 8, 2010, affirmed, with $10 costs.
PRESENT: McKeon, P.J., Schoenfeld, Hunter, Jr., JJ.
Where, as here, the provisions of an insurance policy are clear and unambiguous, the provisions must be given their plain and ordinary meaning, and courts should refrain from rewriting the agreement ( see Government Empls. Ins. Co. v Kligler, 42 NY2d 863). Since the reimbursement clause of the subject general liability insurance policy clearly and unambiguously required the defendant-insured to pay the deductibles here at issue, Civil Court properly granted plaintiff-insurer's motion for summary judgment on its complaint.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.