Rosado v Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 2010 NY Slip Op 02119 (2d Dept. 2010)
“[An injured person was] standing with his feet on the pavement, reaching with his hands into a side bay of the delivery truck to rearrange empty cases of beer. When the box truck hit the plaintiff, it pushed him approximately 10 to 12 feet, pinning him between his delivery truck and the box truck, until he came to a stop against the first side bay of the truck on the driver’s side.”
“In accordance with the liberal interpretation afforded the term “occupying” (see Rowell v Utica Mut. Ins. Co., 77 NY2d 636, 639), we find, as a matter of law, that the injured plaintiff was “in” or “upon” the delivery truck at the time of the accident such that he was “occupying” the delivery truck within the meaning of the SUM endorsement”
Since the PIP case law seems to track the SUM case law as to use, occupation and operation, do we have an expansion of these terms of art?
