Opinion
April 11, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.).
Plaintiff failed to give defendant notice of his claim "as soon as was reasonably possible" (Insurance Law § 3420 [a] [4]), given that the policy was listed on the multiple dwelling registration form filed by the insured in 1982 with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the injury was sustained in June 1985, the underlying action was commenced in June 1988, plaintiff's default judgment in the underlying action was entered in August 1991, and plaintiff's attorney first advised defendant of the claim when he informed it of the default judgment in October 1991.
Concur — Wallach, J.P., Asch, Nardelli, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.