White v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, with costs to plaintiff, in accordance with the following memorandum: In 1972 plaintiff purchased a disability income policy of insurance from defendant covering any sickness first manifesting itself during the term of the policy. In 1981 plaintiff lost most of his eyesight and was diagnosed as having retinitis pigmentosa. Plaintiff applied for disability benefits, which defendant denied because plaintiff’s illness had “manifested” itself prior to the effective date of the policy and hence was not a covered illness. The issue before us…
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- Prince v. ITT Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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