SEABOARD SUR. CO. v. GILLETTE CO.


64 N.Y.2d 304 (1984)

Seaboard Surety Company, Appellant, v. The Gillette Company et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Rittinger, Robert M. Callagy and Ronald R. Papa for appellant.

John M. Friedman, Jr., and Joseph Zelmanovitz for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.


JASEN, J.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the exclusions from liability coverage contained in the insurance policies at issue negate the insurer's duty to defend.

This is an action brought by Seaboard Surety Company (Seaboard) for a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or indemnify The Gillette Company (Gillette) or J. Walter Thompson Company (Thompson) under separate but...

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