Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Keystone Provident Life Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 19, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-682-ZPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZOBEL, District Judge.
This is a class action brought by plaintiff Jerome V. Sweeney, II as representative of a class of 925 persons who purchased variable annuities from defendant Keystone Provident Life Insurance Company. The annuities, known as “Keystone 100s,” were sold pursuant to a prospectus dated April 9, 1981. Plaintiff claims that the prospectus contains misleading statements and material omissions in discussing the tax implications of the annuities and the likely position of the Internal Revenue Service on their tax-deferred status based on past revenue…
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