40 Cited authorities

  1. Continental Cas. v. Rapid-Am

    80 N.Y.2d 640 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 602 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that these terms are to be construed narrowly as barring coverage "only when the insured intended the damages"
  2. 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
  3. 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"
  4. 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
  5. Frontier Contrs. v. Merchants

    91 N.Y.2d 169 (N.Y. 1997)   Cited 343 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding a duty to defend where "Defendants have failed to establish that all of the underlying bodily injury claims satisfy the time and place prerequisites of the [exclusion]"
  6. Lang v. Hanover Ins. Co.

    3 N.Y.3d 350 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 225 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[c]ompliance with these requirements [of Section 3420] is a condition precedent to a direct action against the insurance company"
  7. Servidone Constr. v. Security

    64 N.Y.2d 419 (N.Y. 1985)   Cited 349 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that in New York “an insurer's breach of duty to defend does not create coverage and ... even in cases of negotiated settlements, there can be no duty to indemnify unless there is first a covered loss”
  8. Schiff Assoc. v. Flack

    51 N.Y.2d 692 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 357 times
    Defining "coverage" as "the net total of policy inclusions minus exclusions"
  9. Sentinel Ins. Co. v. First Ins. Co.

    76 Haw. 277 (Haw. 1994)   Cited 171 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that duty to defend arises when there is any potential or possibility for coverage
  10. Equal Employment Opp. Comm. v. Staten Is. S.B

    207 F.3d 144 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 141 times
    Holding that Title I of ADA does not bar entities from offering different benefits for mental disabilities than for physical ones