Case Name: Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Soiefer Bros. Realty Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-03-12
Citations: 281 A.D.2d 441
Docket Number: 
Parties: Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v Soiefer Bros. Realty Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 441–441

Head Matter:
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v Soiefer Bros. Realty Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
[721 NYS2d 554]

Opinion:
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for negligence and breach of contract, the plaintiff, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Phelan, J.), dated December 6, 1999, as granted the motion of the defendant Soiefer Bros. Realty Corp. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly determined that the "waiver of subrogation" clause contained in the insurance policy issued by the plaintiff to Kepco, Inc., the tenant of Soiefer Bros. Realty Corp. (hereinafter Soiefer), precludes recovery by the plaintiff on its subrogation claims against Soiefer (see, Kaf-Kaf, Inc. v Rodless Decorations, 90 NY2d 654; Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co. v Elliana Props., 261 AD2d 296). Moreover, even if allegations of gross negligence were sufficient to bar the operation of that provision, the conduct alleged does not rise to the level of gross negligence (see, Sommer v Federal Signal Corp., 79 NY2d 540). Ritter, J. P., Altman, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.