MOUNT VERNON FIRE INS. CO. v. CITY OF NEW YORK


236 A.D.2d 296 (1997)

653 N.Y.S.2d 582

Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents

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

February 20, 1997


We agree with the motion court that the insurer knew all that it needed to know to disclaim upon receipt of its investigator's first report, and that its subsequent 83-day delay in disclaiming coverage cannot be reasonably explained by any need to further investigate the facts underlying its disclaimer (see, Hartford Ins. Co. v County of Nassau, 46 N.Y.2d 1028). By reason of that...

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