Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Jamaica Water Supply Co.
| Decision Date | 09 November 1982 |
| Citation | 57 N.Y.2d 994,457 N.Y.S.2d 245 |
| Parties | , 443 N.E.2d 493 SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondent, v. JAMAICA WATER SUPPLY COMPANY, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by former Justice James D. Hopkins at the Appellate Division (83 A.D.2d 427, 444 N.Y.S.2d 925). Question certified answered in the affirmative.
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