Zurich-American Ins. Companies v. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Companies, ZURICH-AMERICAN
| Decision Date | 02 May 1989 |
| Docket Number | ZURICH-AMERICAN |
| Parties | , 539 N.E.2d 1098 INSURANCE COMPANIES, Respondent, v. ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, et al., Doing Business as The Atlantic Companies, Appellants. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Howard R. Cohen and Sidney Rosen, New York City, for appellants.
Ignatius John Melito and S. Dwight Stephens, New York City, for respondent.
The order of the Appellate Division, 139 A.D.2d 379, 531 N.Y.S.2d 911, 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 N.Y.2d 304, 310, 486 N.Y.S.2d 873, 476 N.E.2d 272). 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.
KAYE, J., taking no part.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.
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