Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Aetna Life & Cas. Ins. Co

In Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Aetna Life & Cas. Ins. Co., 98 N.J. 18, 483 A.2d 402 (1984), a child had been exposed to a potentially dangerous drug at a time when plaintiff Hartford was insuring the drug manufacturer. However, the child suffered injury from the drug only at some point thereafter, when Aetna's policy was in effect. The Court held that the time of the "occurrence," which precipitated liability and determined which insurer was "on the risk," turned on when the victim was injured and that "the time of the accrual of the insured's liability is the determining factor, not the time of an event which ultimately results in liability." Id. at 27, 483 A.2d 402.