· 3/25/1997
Northville Industries Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Citations
- 679 N.E.2d 1044
- 89 N.Y.2d 621
- 657 N.Y.S.2d 564
- 44 ERC (BNA) 1471
- 1997 N.Y. LEXIS 306
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that “leakages” that “occurred continuously over a period of many years” were not “sudden and accidental”
- explaining that a court may “look to formal submissions in the current or underlying litigation to confirm or clarify the na ture of the underlying claims”
- “Shifting the burden to establish the exception conforms with an insured’s general duty to establish coverage where it would otherwise not exist[.]”
- “Shifting the burden to establish the exception conforms with an insured’s general duty to establish coverage- where it would, otherwise not ex-iste.]”
- adopting approach that burden is on insured to establish exception Sumeme Com. to exclusion applies
- “Shifting the burden to establish the exception conforms with an insured’s general duty to establish coverage where it would otherwise not exist[.]”
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Judges: Levine
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