Gallo v. Savings Bank Life Insurance Fund
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy, the *601plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Leone, J.), dated November 10, 1997, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied her cross motion to strike the defendants’ answer for failure to comply with discovery demands.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In an action to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy, the Statute of Limitations begins to run upon the death of the insured (see, e.g., Continental Cas. Co. v Stronghold…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Continental Cas. Co. v. Stronghold Ins. Co., Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Shaw v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1977
- Stewart v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
- Stewart v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
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- Grunblatt v. First Unum Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005