N.Y. Appeals Court Affirms Damages Award In Insurers’ Spat Over Insured’s Defense

Mealey's (February 10, 2023, 9:08 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Feb. 9 affirmed a lower court’s $684,516.81 judgment in favor of an insurer in its breach of contract lawsuit seeking reimbursement from another insurer for the money it already spent providing their mutual insured a defense in an underlying Lanham Act lawsuit, finding that the defendant insurer “fails to articulate any persuasive basis to disturb” the lower court’s damages award....