Case Name: American Transit Insurance Co., Appellant, v. Travelers Insurance Company et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-05-29
Citations: 239 A.D.2d 304
Docket Number: 
Parties: American Transit Insurance Co., Appellant, v Travelers Insurance Company et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 239
Pages: 304–305

Head Matter:
American Transit Insurance Co., Appellant, v Travelers Insurance Company et al., Respondents.
[658 NYS2d 853]

Opinion:
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered June 5, 1996, which denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment and granted the cross motions of defendants Travelers Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company for summary judgment and declared the contributions previously made to be correct, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The IAS Court properly construed the extent and nature of the respective obligations of the insurers as governed by the clear and unambiguous provisions of their policies, and not by the vehicle lease (see, Federal Ins. Co. v Atlantic Natl. Ins. Co., 29 AD2d 204, revd on other grounds 25 NY2d 71). Since the Travelers' policies clearly limited the maximum liability of all of its policies to $1,000,000 per occurrence, the court's declaration as to the correct computation of amounts previously contributed to the settlement of an underlying personal injury action was proper. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Rubin, Williams and Andrias, JJ.