Zurich-American Insurance v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Cases that cite this one
24 later published cases cite this decision. The 23 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Aspen Specialty Insurance Company v. Risk Retention Group, INC. (District Court, E.D. New York 2022)
- Olin Corp. v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (District Court, S.D. Illinois 2018)
- SER Owners Insurance v. Hon. Warren R. McGraw, Judge (W. Va. 2014)
- State ex rel. Owners Insurance v. McGraw (W. Va. 2014)
- National Casualty Co. v. Vigilant Insurance (District Court, S.D. New York 2006)
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. W.R. Grace & Co. (2d Cir. 2000)
- New York Funeral Chapels, Inc. v. Globe Indemnity Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1999)
- Generali-U.S. Branch v. Genesis Insurance (District Court, S.D. New York 1996)
- New York v. Blank (2d Cir. 1994)
- State of NY v. Blank (District Court, N.D. New York 1993)
- Avondale Industries, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1991)
- City of Johnstown, New York v. Bankers Standard Insurance Company, Pacific Employers Insurance Company (2d Cir. 1989)
- GMM Realty, LLC v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2015)
- Silverman v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. (New York Supreme Court 2008)
- City of New York v. Evanston Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2007)
- Maryland Casualty Company v. W.R. Grace And Company (2d Cir. 2000)
- National Union Fire Insurance v. Hartford Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- Sweet v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance v. Carpenter (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Investors Insurance of America v. Hartford Fire Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Puritan Insurance v. Continental Casualty Co. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
- Federal Insurance v. Insurance Co. of North America (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
- Beattie v. Home Indemnity Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1991)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the majority at the Appellate Division that, because Atlantic’s policies extended coverage to employees of the church, the allegations in the complaints that injuries were caused by the putative individual insureds while acting in the church’s employ triggered Atlantic’s obligation to defend (see, Seaboard Sur. Co. v Gillette Co., 64 NY2d 304, 310). As the court noted, the answers of those individuals, denying that they were church employees, merely posed factual and legal issues to be resolved in the underlying actions.
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur; Judge Kaye taking no part.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
Case-law data current through September 30, 2026. Source: CourtListener bulk data.