Court of Appeals of New York

In a coverage dispute over a jobsite injury allegedly sustained by a construction worker presenting the question of whether an employer's liability insurance coverage is unlimited or limited to $100,000 as specified in a standard form workers' compensation and employers' liability contract policy, the court of appeals finds that employer's liability is limited under the circumstances of this case where: 1) from a contractual interpretation standpoint, nothing in the underlying policy suggested unlimited liability; and 2) from a legal perspective, none of the applicable state laws provided for an unlimited employers' liability insurance.

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• Decided 06/10/2008
• Published 06/10/2008

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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