Opinion
No. 4439.
March 8, 2011.
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered December 3, 2009, which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and granted plaintiffs' cross motion for summary judgment declaring that defendant had a duty to defend and indemnify plaintiff in an underlying action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Babchik Young, LLP, White Plains (James E. Musurca of counsel), for appellant.
Harvey Gladstein Partners, LLC, New York (Ronald P. Berman of counsel), for respondents.
Before: Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Renwick, Freedman and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.
The court properly determined that the allegations in the underlying complaint that plaintiffs' law firm negligently hired and supervised an attorney who purportedly made sexual advances to a client, fall within the type of errors and omissions coverage provided by defendant's professional liability insurance policy ( see Watkins Glen Cent. School Dist. v National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., 286 AD2d 48).
While the allegations may not fall under the policy definition of "Personal Injury," the court properly determined that they fall within the policy's definition of "Wrongful Act." [Prior Case History: 2009 NY Slip Op 32827(U).]