KOHL v. AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COMPANY


15 N.Y.3d 763 (2010)

933 N.E.2d 208

906 N.Y.S.2d 809

KRISTOPHER KOHL, Appellant, v. AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided July 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Katz & Associates, LLP, New York City ( Salvatore J. Sciangula of counsel), for appellant.

Marjorie E. Bornes , New York City, for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs.

Kristopher Kohl, a passenger in a taxicab, was sued by a bicyclist who claimed that he was injured when Kohl opened the taxi's door. The Appellate Division correctly held that Kohl was not insured under the taxi owner's policy of automobile liability insurance. The policy says that it "shall inure to the...

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