Court Limits Pacific Indemnity's Claims Against Manhattan Landlord Defendants

NEW YORK - A New York trial court on Dec. 2 dismissed an insurer's third-party claim for its insured's living expenses as premature and limited subrogated property claims in lieu of prior rulings in underlying mold litigation. Siegel v. The Chubb Corp., et al., No. 114431/03 (N.Y. Sup., N.Y. Cty.).

Pacific Indemnity Corp. insured Richard Kramer, who is one of several tenants suing Zeckendorf Realty and other landlord entities over mold contamination in a Manhattan condominium building (Kramer v. Zeckendorf, No. 128014/02; Kerusa Co. LLC v. W10Z/515 Real Estate L.P., No. 60160/03; and Board of Managers of 515 Park Avenue …