New York Justice: Insurer’s Claims Against Sprinkler Company Must Be Dismissed

(February 7, 2017, 12:19 PM EST) -- ITHACA, N.Y. — A New York justice on Feb. 1 determined that an insurer’s claims against a company with which the insured contracted to install a sprinkler system must be dismissed because the applicable contract between the insured and the defendant included a subrogation waiver that bars the insurer from seeking reimbursement from the defendant (Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., as subrogee of Country Club of Ithaca, NY Inc. v. Buffalo Hotel Supply Co. Inc., et al., No. EF2015-0101, N.Y. Sup., Tompkins Co., 2017 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 346)....