Allstate Insurance v. Zuk

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1991-06-06

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OPINION OF THE COURT Bellacosa, J. Allstate Insurance Company seeks a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured, William Zuk, in a wrongful death action arising out of the death of Zuk’s friend, Michael Smith, whom Zuk shot and killed. On November 2, 1985, Zuk was cleaning and loading a shotgun in a hunting lodge owned by his parents, Benedict and Margaret Zuk. The gun accid…

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