Downey v. 10 Realty Co., LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Downey v. 10 Realty Co., LLC

78 A.D.3d 575, 911 N.Y.S.2d 67

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedNovember 23, 2010

StatusPublished

Cited by6 cases

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Downey v. 10 Realty Co., LLC, 78 A.D.3d 575, 911 N.Y.S.2d 67 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2010).

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol R. Edmead, J.), entered August 20, 2009, which granted the motion by third-party defendant Greater New York Mutual (GNYM) to dismiss the third-party complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

GNYM had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in the negligence action. According to the complaint, bill of particulars and deposition testimony in the underlying tort action, plaintiff sued for injuries that allegedly occurred in October — or, at the very earliest, August — of 2002, which was outside the insurance policy period that ended on July 1 of that year (see Allstate Ins. Co. v Zuk, 78 NY2d 41, 45 [1991]; Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. of Conn, v Solomon, 50 AD3d 340 [2008]). Plaintiffs alleged exposure to mold during the policy period did not trigger any duty to provide [576]*576coverage thereafter, as New York follows the “injury-in-fact” test which “rests on when the injury, sickness, disease or disability actually began” and “requires the insured to demonstrate actual damage or injury during the policy period” (Continental Cas. Co. v Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau, 60 AD3d 128, 148 [2008], lv denied 13 NY3d 710 [2009]; cf. American Home Prods. Corp. v Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 748 F2d 760, 765 [2d Cir 1984], modfg 565 F Supp 1485, 1497 [SD NY 1983]). Concur— Andrias, J.E, Catterson, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Román, JJ.

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol R. Edmead, J.), entered August 20, 2009, which granted the motion by third-party defendant Greater New York Mutual (GNYM) to dismiss the third-party complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

GNYM had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in the negligence action. According to the complaint, bill of particulars and deposition testimony in the underlying tort action, plaintiff sued for injuries that allegedly occurred in October — or, at the very earliest, August — of 2002, which was outside the insurance policy period that ended on July 1 of that year (see Allstate Ins. Co. v Zuk, 78 NY2d 41, 45 [1991]; Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. of Conn, v Solomon, 50 AD3d 340 [2008]). Plaintiffs alleged exposure to mold during the policy period did not trigger any duty to provide [576]*576coverage thereafter, as New York follows the “injury-in-fact” test which “rests on when the injury, sickness, disease or disability actually began” and “requires the insured to demonstrate actual damage or injury during the policy period” (Continental Cas. Co. v Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau, 60 AD3d 128, 148 [2008], lv denied 13 NY3d 710 [2009]; cf. American Home Prods. Corp. v Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 748 F2d 760, 765 [2d Cir 1984], modfg 565 F Supp 1485, 1497 [SD NY 1983]). Concur— Andrias, J.E, Catterson, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Román, JJ.

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78 A.D.3d 575, 911 N.Y.S.2d 67, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/downey-v-10-realty-co-llc-nyappdiv-2010.

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