N.Y. Court Allows Claims To Stand In University’s Suit Over Sexual Abuse Claims

( October 7, 2024, 2:49 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK —A  New York appeals court unanimously affirmed a lower court’s denial of primary and excess commercial general liability insurers’ motion to dismiss the Rockefeller University’s claims for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and violation of New York General Business Law Section 349(a), allowing the claims to proceed in the dispute over coverage for several hundred underlying allegations that a former university employee sexually abused children for a span of 40 years....