Jaglom v Insurance Co. of Greater N.Y.
2009 NY Slip Op 06453 [13 NY3d 768]
September 15, 2009
Court of Appeals
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, November 4, 2009


[*1]
Michael Jaglom et al., Respondents,
v
Insurance Company of Greater New York, Appellant.

Decided September 15, 2009

Jaglom v Insurance Co. of Greater N.Y., 57 AD3d 310, affirmed.

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

Thomas D. Hughes, New York City, for appellant.

Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP, Garden City (Michael D. Brown of counsel), for respondents.

{**13 NY3d at 769} OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative. Questions of fact exist whether plaintiffs had a reasonable good-faith belief that the tenants in an underlying libel action against them would not seek to hold them liable, precluding dismissal of their action against the insurer (see Argentina v Otsego Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 86 NY2d 748, 750 [1995]). [*2]

Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones concur in memorandum.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, etc.