Case Name: 155th Street and 8th Avenue Realty Corp., Appellant, v. National Casualty Co. et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-11-30
Citations: 221 A.D.2d 290
Docket Number: 
Parties: 155th Street and 8th Avenue Realty Corp., Appellant, v National Casualty Co. et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 290–290

Head Matter:
155th Street and 8th Avenue Realty Corp., Appellant, v National Casualty Co. et al., Respondents.
[635 NYS2d 1]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered July 14,1994, which, inter alia, granted defendants' motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of denying the motions to dismiss with respect to the third, sixth and seventh causes of action, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff insured's causes of action against defendant insurer for breach of contract, a declaratory judgment that the incident arose from a covered peril, and failure to give notice of termination were properly dismissed as barred by the clear and unambiguous two-year period of limitations contained in the policy. However, that contractual limitation period should not have been applied to the claims against defendant brokers, who were not party to the policy and who are therefore subject to lengthier statutory limitations. To impose liability on the insurer, on the theory that it was a known principal of the brokers, would circumvent the contractual limitation period, and plaintiff's attempt to do so should accordingly be rejected. Finally, insofar as this issue may still be pertinent in the case, it was error summarily to determine that the loss was caused by a burglary (for which the policy did not provide coverage), as opposed to vandalism (which was a covered peril), since this issue of fact was evident from the face of the police report.
Upon reargument the unpublished decision and order entered on July 6, 1995 (Appeal No. 55427) is recalled and vacated and a new decision and order substituted in place thereof decided simultaneously with this motion. Concur— Wallach, J. P., Kupferman, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.