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Zurich Insurance v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

81 N.Y.2d 938 Court N.Y. Decision date 1993-04-08 English

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Zurich Insurance Company et al., Respondents-Appellants, v Travelers Indemnity Company, Respondent-Appellant, and Morton Thiokol, Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendants. Travelers Indemnity Company, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant, v International Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Respondent.
Decided April 8, 1993
p. 942
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Martin, Clearwater & Bell, New York City (Barbara D. Goldberg of counsel), for Morton Thiokol, Inc., appellant-respondent.
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P. C, Mineóla (Bernard S. Meyer of counsel), Henry J. Cernitz, Garden City, and Hoffer & Hoffer, New York City, for Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc., appellant-respondent.
Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day, New York City (John H Eickemeyer of counsel), for International Insurance Company, third-party defendant-appellant-respondent.
Siff Rosen, P. C., New York City (Ignatius John Melito and S. Dwight Stephens of counsel), for Zurich Insurance Company, respondent-appellant.
Speyer & Perlberg, Melville (Dennis M. Perlberg and Gay H Snyder of counsel), for Travelers Indemnity Company, respondent-appellant.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order modified, with costs to defendants-appellants, and case remitted to Supreme Court, New York County, for further proceedings in accordance with the dissenting memorandum by Justice Joseph P. Sullivan at the Appellate Division ( 184 AD2d 454 , 456-462). Certified question answered in the negative.

Concur: Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa. Taking no part: Judge Smith.

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