HOUT v. COFFMAN


126 A.D.2d 973 (1987)

James W. Hout, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. John Coffman, Defendant. (Action No. 1.) Colonial Cooperative Insurance Company, Respondent, v. John Coffman et al., Defendants. James W. Hout, Jr., et al., Intervenors. (Action No. 2.) (Appeal No. 1.)

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

January 23, 1987


Order unanimously modified, on the law, and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum:

The court properly denied plaintiffs' motion to dismiss this declaratory judgment action insofar as it concerns the question of the insurer's duty to defend in the underlying action, but erred in failing to dismiss the complaint insofar as it seeks a declaration that the insurer is not obligated to indemnify defendant. An action to declare...

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