New York Court of Appeals

Bi-Economy Market, Inc., Appellant v. Harleysville Insurance Company of New York, Respondents

February 19, 200810 N.Y.3d 187

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and held that an insured may recover consequential damages, including the loss of its business, when the insurer breaches a commercial property insurance contract, because such damages were reasonably foreseeable and contemplated at the time of contracting.