91 Cited authorities

  1. Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp

    68 N.Y.2d 320 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 21,156 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Finding summary judgment appropriate by relying on a treating doctor's unrebutted deposition testimony
  2. Matter Hearst Corp. v. Clyne

    50 N.Y.2d 707 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 1,594 times
    Holding that courts are normally precluded from considering questions that, once alive, have become moot by change of circumstances
  3. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y. v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    98 N.Y.2d 208 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 436 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that indemnity should be allocated pro rata
  4. D'Arata v. N Y Cent. Fire Ins. Co.

    76 N.Y.2d 659 (N.Y. 1990)   Cited 611 times
    Holding that collateral estoppel is grounded on concepts of fairness and should not be rigidly or mechanically applied
  5. Automobile Insurance Company v. Cook

    7 N.Y.3d 131 (N.Y. 2006)   Cited 374 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Noting that defense duty arises when complaint's allegations "suggest a reasonable possibility of coverage"
  6. Allianz Ins. Co. v. Lerner

    416 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 2005)   Cited 364 times
    Concluding that, where the new arguments were available to the party below, "the circumstances . . . do not militate in favor of an exercise of discretion"
  7. BP Air Conditioning Corp. v. One Beacon Insurance Group

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 5581 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 344 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a duty to defend an additional insured is not contingent on there having been an adjudication of liability giving rise to a duty to indemnify the additional insured"
  8. QSP, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

    256 Conn. 343 (Conn. 2001)   Cited 397 times
    Holding that the duty to defend arises when an injured party brings a claim against the insured, within the policy coverage
  9. Employers Ins. of Wausau v. Ehlco Liquidating Trust

    186 Ill. 2d 127 (Ill. 1999)   Cited 359 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "undisputed facts compel the legal conclusion that Wausau's refusal to defend the Wyoming suit was vexatious and unreasonable as a matter of law"
  10. Capstone Bldg. Corp. v. Am. Motorists Ins. Co.

    308 Conn. 760 (Conn. 2013)   Cited 216 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Finding "no basis in the language of the [CGL] policy for limiting coverage to liability for harm to third parties"