Somerstein Caterers of Lawrence, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Somerstein Caterers of Lawrence, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania

262 A.D.2d 252, 692 N.Y.S.2d 369, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7753

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided June 29, 1999·Published·Cited by 3 cases

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—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered November 5, 1998, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by appellants’ brief, granted the cross motion of respondent Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ISOP) to dismiss the complaint in the first consolidated action, and for summary judgment in the second consolidated action on ISOP’s third cause of action, directing appellant insureds to return $200,000 in insurance proceeds advanced to them by ISOP, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Appellant was the insured under a fire policy issued by ISOP. Appellant’s refusal to present its treasurer or bookkeeper for examination under oath respecting the loss claimed under the subject policy constituted a material breach of the policy’s cooperation clause and, as such, precluded appellants’ recovery of policy proceeds (see, Argento v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 184 AD2d 487; Rosenthal v Prudential Prop. & Cas. Co., 928 F2d 493). Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Tom, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.

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—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered November 5, 1998, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by appellants’ brief, granted the cross motion of respondent Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ISOP) to dismiss the complaint in the first consolidated action, and for summary judgment in the second consolidated action on ISOP’s third cause of action, directing appellant insureds to return $200,000 in insurance proceeds advanced to them by ISOP, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Appellant was the insured under a fire policy issued by ISOP. Appellant’s refusal to present its treasurer or bookkeeper for examination under oath respecting the loss claimed under the subject policy constituted a material breach of the policy’s cooperation clause and, as such, precluded appellants’ recovery of policy proceeds (see, Argento v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 184 AD2d 487; Rosenthal v Prudential Prop. & Cas. Co., 928 F2d 493). Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Tom, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.

Somerstein Caterers of Lawrence, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania, 262 A.D.2d 252, 692 N.Y.S.2d 369, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7753 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1999).

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