Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. Flack

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that willful misappropriation of trade secrets fell outside of a policy insuring against professional errors and omissions
• explaining that an insurer may be unable to deny coverage due to estoppel or waiver
• holding an insurer does not lose its right to disclaim based on noncoverage as such ground is never waived by a failure to assert it in a notice of disclaimer
• office activities that set the stage for the performance of professional services are not within the coverage of professional services liability policy
• no coverage under professional errors and omissions policy where complaint alleges only willfull and malicious conduct
• “[W]here the issue is the existence or nonexistence of coverage ... the doctrine of waiver is simply inapplicable.”

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Cited by

231 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1995-08-28· cited 1,265×
• New York University v. Continental Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-12-27· cited 663×
• Zappone v. Home Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-02-18· cited 336×
• Central General Hospital v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
  New York Court of Appeals· 1997-06-10· cited 189×
• NY Univ. v. CONT'L INS CO
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-12-27· cited 174×
• Cheryl Chapman v. Choicecare Long Island Term Disability Plan
  Second Circuit· 2002-04-29· cited 162×
• Worcester Insurance v. Bettenhauser
  New York Court of Appeals· 2000-06-20· cited 154×
• Commercial Union Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee v. International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1987-06-23· cited 110×
• Paul Palmieri, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Allstate Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 2006-04-13· cited 101×
• Biborosch v. Transamerica Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-27· cited 76×
• Sanabria v. American Home Assurance Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-10-14· cited 76×
• Creveling v. Government Employees Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-07-03· cited 69×
• Handelsman v. Sea Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1994-10-20· cited 69×
• Mount Sinai Hospital v. Triboro Coach, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-11-29· cited 60×
• Barbara J. Lauder, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. First Unum Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, and Coach Stores, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2002-03-12· cited 53×
• American Motorists Insurance v. Salvatore
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-06-26· cited 43×
• Sybron Transition Corporation v. Security Insurance Company Of Hartford
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-02-27· cited 41×
• KeySpan Gas East Corp. v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2014-06-10· cited 37×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1991-06-25· cited 34×
• Bluestein & Sander, Martin J. Bluestein and Ronni Sander v. Chicago Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 2002-01-09· cited 34×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Government Employees Insurance v. Kligler
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-06-09· cited 131×
• O'Dowd v. American Surety Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1957-07-03· cited 83×
• Davison v. Klaess
  New York Court of Appeals· 1939-04-11· cited 40×
• Beckley v. Otsego County Farmers Cooperative Fire Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1957-01-31· cited 40×
• Appell v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1964-12-21· cited 31×
• Shapiro v. Glens Falls Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-04-06· cited 26×
• Appell v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  New York Court of Appeals· 1966-01-20· cited 22×
• Schichman v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n of America
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1944-01-31· cited 8×
• Pensky v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
  New York Supreme Court· 1975-11-13· cited 8×

Other cases named Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. Flack

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. Flack
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1980-03-18· cited 13×