MIGHTY MIDGETS v. CENTENNIAL


47 N.Y.2d 12 (1979)

Mighty Midgets, Inc., Respondent-Appellant, v. Centennial Insurance Company, Appellant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Y. MacCartney, Jr., and John D. MacCartney for appellant-respondent.

Ronald G. McCormack for respondent-appellant.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI and WACHTLER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JONES dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge JASEN concurs.


FUCHSBERG, J.

Applying an objectively stanced reasonable person standard, in the facts and circumstances of this case we hold that it could be found that written notification of the occurrence of an accident approximately seven and a half months after the assured learned of the event met a liability policy's requirement that the insurer be given notice "as soon as practicable". On a subsidiary issue, we also hold...

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