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Executive Plaza, LLC, Appellant,v.Peerless Insurance Company, Respondent.

Brief

29 Cited authorities

  1. Kass v. Kass

    91 N.Y.2d 554 (N.Y. 1998)   Cited 552 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the parties’ agreement controlled

  2. White v. Continental Cas. Co.

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 9310 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 383 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding if an insurance contract on its face is reasonably susceptible of only one meaning a court is not free to alter it

  3. Breed v. Ins. Co. of N. Amer

    46 N.Y.2d 351 (N.Y. 1978)   Cited 911 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no ambiguity exists where language has "definite and precise meaning, unattended by danger of misconception in the purport of the policy itself, and concerning which there is no reasonable basis for a difference of opinion"

  4. Ely-Cruikshank Co. v. Bank

    81 N.Y.2d 399 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 491 times
    Holding that the statute of limitations accrues from time of breach

  5. Vigilant Ins v. Housing Auth

    87 N.Y.2d 36 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 431 times
    Holding that “[c]ourts must look to the underlying claim and the nature of the relief sought to determine the applicable period of limitation [to a declaratory judgment action] * * *”, and that “a court's inquiry focuses on ‘the substance of action to identify the relationship out of which the claim arises and the relief sought’ * * *.” (quoting Solnick, 49 N.Y.2d at 229, 425 N.Y.S.2d 68, 401 N.E.2d 190)

  6. Palmieri v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    445 F.3d 179 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 148 times
    Finding exclusive jurisdiction under § 4072 and declining to consider § 1331

  7. John J. Kassner & Co. v. City of New York

    46 N.Y.2d 544 (N.Y. 1979)   Cited 310 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the cause of action accrues and the Statute of Limitations begins to run from the time of the breach" of a contract

  8. Town of Orangetown v. Magee

    88 N.Y.2d 41 (N.Y. 1996)   Cited 175 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "Building Inspector . . . implement[ed] Town Policy" where the zoning code "vest[ed] the Building Inspector, alone, with the authority to revoke building permits"

  9. Dean v. Tower Ins. Co. of New York

    2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 7142 (N.Y. 2012)   Cited 105 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment was inappropriate because a contract term was ambiguous

  10. TAG 380 v. COMMET 380

    10 N.Y.3d 507 (N.Y. 2008)   Cited 97 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a policy provision expressly precluding liability for damages caused by “terrorism” was inconsistent with the Standard Policy, which does not provide for such an exclusion