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COUNTRY-WIDE v. RODRIGUEZ

55 N.Y.2d 162 (1982)

Country-Wide Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Nieves Rodriguez, an Infant by Rosa Rodriguez, Her Mother and Natural Guardian, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Samuels and Eric M. Alderman for appellant.

Seymour Berkowitz and Richard Godosky for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI and WACHTLER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge MEYER dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge JASEN concurs; Judge JONES taking no part.

FUCHSBERG, J.

This appeal calls upon us to construe subdivision 5 of section 672 of our Insurance Law, which mandates that the compulsory liability coverage required of the owner of every New York automobile include "insurance coverage for such motor vehicle at least in the minimum amount required for such vehicle by the laws of [any] other state or Canadian province...

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