Panel Revives Contract Claim Against Broker For Failing To Notify Of Liquidation

Mealey's (November 29, 2017, 2:01 PM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — An insured adequately asserted a third-party breach of contract claim against an insurance broker based on the broker’s failure to learn of an insurer’s liquidation proceeding, a New York appeals panel ruled Nov. 22, finding that a trial justice erred in dismissing this claim (Mary Jean Muncil v. Widmir Inn Restaurant Corp. v. Carter-MGM Insurance Agency LLC, et al., No. 524856, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 3rd Dept., 2017 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8276)....