Case Name: Michael Schatz, Appellant, v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-02-07
Citations: 269 A.D.2d 380
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael Schatz, Appellant, v St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 380–380

Head Matter:
Michael Schatz, Appellant, v St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Respondent.
[702 NYS2d 855]

Opinion:
—In a declaratory judgment action, the plaintiff appeals from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Goldstein, J.), dated November 5, 1998, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment and declared that it had no duty to indemnify the plaintiff in an underlying personal injury action.
Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs contention, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment. The grant of summary judgment was not premature since the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that further discovery would uncover any triable issue of fact (see, Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562; Parisi v Leppard, 237 AD2d 419; Carrington v City of New York, 201 AD2d 525, 527). Moreover, the evidence submitted by the defendant demonstrated a lack of coverage for which no prompt disclaimer was required (see, Handelsman v Sea Ins. Co., 85 NY2d 96, 99; Zappone v Home Ins. Co., 55 NY2d 131, 132).
The plaintiffs remaining contentions are without merit. Bracken, J. P., Santucci, Thompson and S. Miller, JJ., concur.