RAMOS v. NAT'L CAS. CO.


227 A.D.2d 250 (1996)

642 N.Y.S.2d 290

Ramon Ramos et al., Respondents, v. National Casualty Company, Appellant

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

May 16, 1996


The duty of an insurer to defend is broader than its duty to indemnify (Ruder & Finn v Seaboard Sur. Co., 52 N.Y.2d 663, 669). Where, as here, the claim, as pleaded within the "four corners of the complaint" in the underlying action, falls within the scope of the insurance policy, the insurer must provide a defense (Continental Cas. Co. v Rapid-American Corp., 80 N.Y.2d 640, 648), unless...

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