PETERS v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY


100 N.Y.2d 634 (2003)

801 N.E.2d 416

769 N.Y.S.2d 195

RODNEY B. PETERS, Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna & Brenna, Rochester (Robert L. Brenna, Jr., and Todd W. Gustafson of counsel), for appellant.

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Rochester (Robert M. Shaddock and Joseph A. Wilson of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO and READ concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified, with costs to defendant, by granting judgment declaring that defendant has no duty to indemnify in connection with the underlying personal injury action and, as so modified, affirmed (see Lanza v Wagner, 11 N.Y.2d 317 [1962], cert denied 371 U.S. 901 [1962]). State Farm demonstrated as a matter of law that the policy...

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