Opinion
April 25, 2000.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Friedman, J.), entered on or about June 30, 1999, which, insofar as appealed from, granted defendant-respondent's motion for summary judgment, unanimously modified, on the law, to declare that defendant-respondent is not obligated to defend and indemnify plaintiff in the underlying action, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Daniel S. Perlman, for plaintiff-appellant.
Nicholas P. Calabria, for defendant-respondent.
WILLIAMS, J.P., MAZZARELLI, RUBIN, BUCKLEY, FRIEDMAN, JJ.
Plaintiff asserts that it did not learn of the underlying action until the conditional default order was served on the person designated as its agent with the Secretary of State. While this circumstance may be sufficient to raise an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff complied with its obligation under section E(2)(b)(2) of the subject policy to give defendant notice of the suit as soon as practicable (see, Agoado Realty Corp. v. United Intl. Ins. Co., 260 A.D.2d 112, 699 N.Y.S.2d 335), it is not sufficient to raise an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff complied with its obligation under section E(2)(c)(1) to immediately send defendant copies of any legal papers received. No valid reason is given for plaintiff's almost two-month delay in notifying defendant of its receipt of the conditional default order (cf., Power Auth. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 117 A.D.2d 336, 342). We have considered plaintiff's other arguments and find them unpersuasive.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.