LILLISTON CHRYSLER v. UNIVERSAL


747 A.2d 815 (2000)

329 N.J. Super. 318

LILLISTON CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DODGE TRUCK JEEP EAGLE, INC. and Lilliston Ford, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS GROUP, Defendant-Respondent, and Vincent Dorsey, Eagle Acceptance Corporation, Eagle Financial Management, Inc., Talon Acceptance Company, Prime Lending Corporation, Granite Funding I Corporation, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Sandman, Atlantic City, for plaintiffs-appellants (Hankin Sandson Sandman Bradley & Palladino, attorneys; John F. Palladino, on the brief).

Richard J. Albuquerque, Atlantic City, for defendant-respondent (Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan Brodsky & Donnelly, attorneys; Mr. Albuquerque, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, PAUL G. LEVY and LEFELT.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, P.J.A.D.

This is an insurance claim by plaintiff Lilliston Chrysler Plymouth, an automobile dealer, under the extended theft provision of its policy with defendant Universal Underwriters Group (Universal). The dealer appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Universal on the ground that the dealer's alleged theft loss, as a matter of law, was not a covered event under the policy. We disagree and reverse. We conclude...

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