Case Name: TIG Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Kreger Truck Renting Co., Inc., et al., Respondents and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. MMZ Associates, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-10-30
Citations: 243 A.D.2d 422
Docket Number: 
Parties: TIG Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v Kreger Truck Renting Co., Inc., et al., Respondents and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. MMZ Associates, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 422–422

Head Matter:
TIG Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v Kreger Truck Renting Co., Inc., et al., Respondents and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. MMZ Associates, Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.
[663 NYS2d 212]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stephen Crane, J.), entered on or about September 9, 1996, which, in an action by an insurer to recover premiums allegedly due under a commercial automobile liability policy, denied third-party defendant insurance brokers' motion to dismiss the third-party complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the IAS Court that the insureds' third-party complaint, liberally construed, states a cause of action for fraud in alleging that the brokers induced the insureds to cancel the insurance they already had in order to take out insurance with plaintiff for a quoted premium; that although they paid the premium, plaintiff canceled the policy, claiming additional premiums above the quote were due; and that the insureds incurred losses as a result. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Wallach, Williams and Colabella, JJ.