Legislation
SECTION 3001
Declaratory judgment
Civil Practice Law & Rules (CVP) CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 30
§ 3001. Declaratory judgment. The supreme court may render a
declaratory judgment having the effect of a final judgment as to the
rights and other legal relations of the parties to a justiciable
controversy whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. If the
court declines to render such a judgment it shall state its grounds. A
party who has brought a claim for personal injury or wrongful death
against another party may maintain a declaratory judgment action
directly against the insurer of such other party, as provided in
paragraph six of subsection (a) of section three thousand four hundred
twenty of the insurance law.
declaratory judgment having the effect of a final judgment as to the
rights and other legal relations of the parties to a justiciable
controversy whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. If the
court declines to render such a judgment it shall state its grounds. A
party who has brought a claim for personal injury or wrongful death
against another party may maintain a declaratory judgment action
directly against the insurer of such other party, as provided in
paragraph six of subsection (a) of section three thousand four hundred
twenty of the insurance law.