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ZURICH INS. CO. v. SHEARSON

193 A.D.2d 1 (1993)

Zurich Insurance Company, Appellant-Respondent, v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., Formerly Known as Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., Respondent-Appellant

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

August 12, 1993

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ignatius John Melito of counsel, New York City (S. Dwight Stephens with him on the brief; Siff Rosen, P. C., attorneys), for appellant-respondent.

Gregory S. Mertz of counsel, Burlington, Vermont (Keith J. Kasper and George A. Michak with him on the brief; McCormick, Fitzpatrick & Mertz, P. C., and Jacobson & Triggs, New York City, attorneys), for respondent-appellant.

CARRO, J. P., ROSENBERGER, WALLACH and RUBIN, JJ., concur.

KUPFERMAN, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether plaintiff Zurich Insurance Company has a duty to provide coverage to defendant Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., for punitive damage awards rendered against it in two separate slander actions, one by a former customer in Federal court in Georgia and the other by a former employee in State court in Texas.

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