Case Name: Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta et al., Respondents, v. Medical Malpractice Insurance Association, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-03-11
Citations: 237 A.D.2d 140
Docket Number: 
Parties: Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta et al., Respondents, v Medical Malpractice Insurance Association, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 237
Pages: 140–140

Head Matter:
Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta et al., Respondents, v Medical Malpractice Insurance Association, Appellant.
[655 NYS2d 353]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly Cohen, J.), entered May 30, 1996, which, inter alia, denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The court properly determined that the conflicting factual assertions required a jury determination of whether defendant primary insurer's acts and/or omissions constituted a gross disregard of the insured's interests amounting to bad faith (Pavia v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 82 NY2d 445, 452-454; Hartford Ins. Co. v General Acc. Group Ins. Co., 177 AD2d 1046). Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.