Legal Opinion
Minihane v. Weissman
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1994PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Herman Cahn, J.
Motion sequence numbers 002 and 003 are consolidated for disposition and are disposed of in accordance with this decision.
Defendants move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) and 3016 (b). Plaintiffs seek class certification.
Plaintiffs allege that defendants defrauded policyholders by filing false and inaccurate financial reports with the New York State Department of Insurance (NYSID) to obtain excessive and unwarranted rate increases.
At issue on these motions is whether plaintiffs’ claims are barred by the "filed rate” doctrine, whether…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Marcus v. AT & T CORP.District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- Minihane v. WeissmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Dornberger v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Roussin v. AARP, INC.District Court, S.D. New York · 2009
- Fleisher v. Phoenix Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
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