United States Second Circuit

In a legal malpractice lawsuit against insured attorneys, insurer's delay of eight months after receiving plaintiff interrogatory responses, which indicated that it sought damages not covered by the insurance policy, estopped insurer from denying coverage for those damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2001
• Decided 01/10/2002
• Published 01/10/2002

Judges

• McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge., Before CARDAMONE, McLAUGHLIN, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven A. Coploff,Steinberg & Cavaliere, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Martin J. Bluestein, Bluestein & Sander, Pound Ridge, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.