AUTOMATIC FINDINGS, INC. v. MILLER


232 A.D.2d 245 (1996)

648 N.Y.S.2d 90

Automatic Findings, Inc., Doing Business as Seidman Metals, et al., Appellants, v. Graham Miller, a Division of Crawford and Company, et al., Respondents

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

October 15, 1996


We agree with the IAS Court that there exists no basis to impose liability on defendants who, after being retained by an insurer to investigate a claim for coverage based on a robbery, concluded that the robbery was staged by plaintiffs. Defendants were clearly agents of the insurance company and were acting in the scope of their authority when they investigated the claim and may not be held liable for damages arising from the insurance company's decision to deny the claim...

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