In an action claiming that defendant insurer was bound by the terms of an excess insurance policy it had issued to contribute to the satisfaction of a state-court judgment of liability in a personal injury action against two entities for whom the insured had been a contractor, summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed where the district court erred in deciding that the state-court judgment established legal liability against the insured.
Read General Star Nat. Ins. Co. v. Universal Fabricators, Inc., No. 07-4443
Appellate Information
Argued: September 3, 2008
Decided: November 5, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Sack
Counsel
For Appellant:
Christopher Bradley, Marshall, Conway, Wright & Bradley, P.C., New York, NY
For Appellees:
Patrick W. Brophy, McMahon, Martine & Gallagher, LLP, Brooklyn, NY
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