RIVERA v. CORE CONT. CONSTR. 3, LLC

10221, 302797/10, 84243/10.

106 A.D.3d 636 (2013)

966 N.Y.S.2d 50

2013 NY Slip Op 3788

RICHARD RIVERA, Plaintiff, v. CORE CONTINENTAL CONSTRUCTION 3, LLC, et al., Defendants. CORE CONTINENTAL CONSTRUCTION 3, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MT. HAWLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

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

Decided May 28, 2013.


The notice provision in the pre-2009 Mt. Hawley policy at issue operates as a condition precedent to coverage, and late notice of an occurrence, absent a valid excuse, vitiates coverage as a matter of law, regardless of any prejudice to Mt. Hawley (see National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v Great Am. E&S Ins. Co., 86 A.D.3d 425, 426 [1st Dept 2011]). Here, the underlying accident occurred on May 26, 2009, and there...

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