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Larson v. City of New York

214 A.D.2d 413 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1995-04-18 English

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Robert Larson, Plaintiff, v City of New York et al., Defendants. NAB Construction Corp., Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v Simpson Metal Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[625 NYS2d 898]

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart Cohen, J.), entered on or about January 7, 1994, which denied third-party defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

As the employee exclusion in the National Union insurance policy clearly bars coverage of Simpson Metal’s employee’s alleged on-the-job injuries (plaintiff Larson), the anti-subrogation rule does not apply here. (See, North Star Reins. Corp. v Continental Ins. Co., 82 NY2d 281 , 296.) We also note that there is insufficient evidence in the record to demonstrate that NAB Construction and Simpson Metal are "united in interest” and that a potential conflict of interest exists between them to warrant a disregard of their separate corporate identities. (See, Meshel v Resorts Intl., 160 AD2d 211 , 213; and cf., Fireman’s Ins. Co. v Wheeler, 165 AD2d 141 .)

We have considered all other claims and find them to be meritless. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Rubin, Asch and Mazzarelli, JJ

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