SAFTLER v. GOV'T INS.


95 A.D.2d 54 (1983)

Lawrence B. Saftler, Respondent, v. Government Employees Insurance Company, Appellant, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 14, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Davis of counsel (Davis & Davis, attorneys), for appellant.

Saftler & Saftler for respondent.

MURPHY, P. J., SULLIVAN and SILVERMAN, JJ., concur with KASSAL, J.; MILONAS, J., dissents in an opinion.


KASSAL, J.

The action was brought by plaintiff, an attorney who is also the insured, inter alia, for a declaratory judgment directing that Government Employees Insurance Co. (GEICO) was obligated to furnish a defense to plaintiff in a legal malpractice action presently pending in Supreme Court, Nassau County, and to pay any judgment entered therein. The complaint herein also seeks $100,000 in damages and for expenses incurred as a result of the...

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