Zappone v. Home Insurance

Decided February 18, 1982. Bernard Stern Meyer wrote the opinion for the court.

55 N.Y.2d 131 · Cited 336 times

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• Allstate Insurance v. Gross · 27 N.Y.2d 263
• New York State Bankers Ass'n v. Albright · 38 N.Y.2d 430
• Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. Flack · 51 N.Y.2d 692
• Lawrence Constr. Corp. v. State of New York · 59 N.E.2d 630
• Becker v. Huss Co. · 43 N.Y.2d 527
• Claim of Petterson v. Daystrom Corp. · 17 N.Y.2d 32
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Westlake · 35 N.Y.2d 587
• Country-Wide Insurance v. Wagoner · 45 N.Y.2d 581
• Hogan v. Culkin · 18 N.Y.2d 330
• Allen v. Minskoff · 38 N.Y.2d 506
• Department of Welfare v. Siebel · 6 N.Y.2d 536
• Breen v. Board of Trustees of New York Fire Department Pension Fund · 85 N.E.2d 161

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