Court of Appeals of New York

In a suit seeking to require an insurer to defend or indemnify an insured, judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where: 1) when a policy of liability insurance requires that notice of an occurrence be given "as soon as practicable," such notice must be provided within a reasonable period of time, and failure to give such notice relieves the insurer of its obligations under the contract, regardless of whether the insurer was prejudiced by the delay; and 2) notice provided under the worker's compensation policy at the time of the incident did not constitute notice under the liability policy even though both policies were written by the same carrier.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/21/2008
• Published 10/21/2008

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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