Case Name: Marvin R. Neuwirth, as Executor of Kitty Neuwirth, Deceased, Respondent, v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Greater New York, Blue Cross Association, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-05-03
Citations: 62 N.Y.2d 718
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marvin R. Neuwirth, as Executor of Kitty Neuwirth, Deceased, Respondent, v Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Greater New York, Blue Cross Association, et al., Appellants.
Judges: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wacht-ler, Meyer, Simons and Kaye concur in memorandum.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 718–719

Head Matter:
Marvin R. Neuwirth, as Executor of Kitty Neuwirth, Deceased, Respondent, v Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Greater New York, Blue Cross Association, et al., Appellants.
Argued March 23, 1984;
decided May 3, 1984
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
John Colucci, Ellen B. Levin, John L. Shurtleff and Jerrold I. Ehrlich for appellants.
Louis S. Ederer and Marvin S. Cowan for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and, on defendants' stipulation, judgment granted in favor of plaintiff.
The burden of proving that a claim falls within the exclusions of an insurance policy rests with the insurer (see International Paper Co. v Continental Cas. Co., 35 NY2d 322, 327; Prashker v United States Guar. Co., 1 NY2d 584, 594). Accordingly, the trial court properly ordered a new trial after it recognized that it had erroneously charged the jury that the insured's representative had the burden of proof as to the application of the exclusions.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wacht-ler, Meyer, Simons and Kaye concur in memorandum.
Order affirmed, etc.