HUTT v. LUMBERMENS MUT. CAS.


95 A.D.2d 255 (1983)

Alan S. Hutt et al., Appellants, v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Respondent, et al., Defendant

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

August 15, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scher & Eliasberg, P. C. (Robert A. Scher of counsel), for appellants.

Whitman & Ransom (Patrick Lanigan of counsel; Robert S. Newman on the brief), for respondent.

LAZER, GIBBONS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.


TITONE, J. P.

In an action to recover the proceeds of a fire insurance policy, the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, which dismissed the complaint following a jury verdict in favor of the defendant insurer (hereinafter defendant).

The issue is whether the defendant met its burden of establishing the affirmative defense of arson. Finding that it did not, we reverse.

Plaintiffs were the owners of a one...

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