COOK v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.


97 A.D.2d 731 (1983)

Michael Cook et al., Respondents, v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Appellant

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

November 22, 1983


Plaintiffs, insured by defendant, submitted claims for water damage to their downstairs ceiling when the shower base of their upstairs bathroom cracked. Defendant refused to pay, asserting that the crack was a structural problem related to the settling of the house. Plaintiff's suit seeks both actual damages in the amount of $1,950 and punitive damages of $250,000, alleging that defendant's refusal to pay was a malicious, willful and improper act based on pure malice and...

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