HARTFORD v. VIL OF HEMPSTEAD


48 N.Y.2d 218 (1979)

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Respondent, v. Village of Hempstead et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Shooltz and Saul Horowitz for appellants.

William F. Larkin for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.


MEYER, J.

This appeal arises out of an action brought by plaintiff Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company for declaratory judgment that it is not required either to defend or to pay any award of damages that may be made in an action brought by defendant Lawrence Critelli under the Civil Rights Act (US Code, tit 42, § 1983) against defendants Stephens and Russo...

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