United States Second Circuit

In an insurance dispute resulting from an accident involving a leased car, defendant-lessee's insurance company breached its duty to defend since the parties' policy obligates the carrier to defend an insured sued as a result of a covered auto accident.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2005
• Published 08/03/2005

Judges

• McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge., Before:  McLAUGHLIN, HALL, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David Ginsberg, Ginsberg, Becker & Weaver, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Josh H. Kardisch, Kardisch, Link & Associates, P.C., Rockville Centre, NY, Alan Jay Martin, New York, NY, for Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Counter-Claimants-Appellants., Michael G. Kruzynski, Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles & Kaufman, LLP, Melville, NY, for Third-Party Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.