Legal Opinion
Augusta v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided February 27, 1958PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Daniel Fink, J.
This controversy calls for the construction of a policy of group life insurance. There appears to be no authority in this jurisdiction directly in point.
The plaintiff, as widow and named beneficiary, seeks to recover the sum of $2,500, representing increased insurance benefits to which she claims she is entitled by virtue of an amendment to a policy of group life insurance covering her late husband.
Under an effective date of December 28, 1953 the ■ defendant issued its master group life insurance policy to Henry Spen & Co., Inc., of Brooklyn, N. Y., engaged in the business of manufacturing…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hartol Products Corp. v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Lachs v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Morgan v. Greater New York Taxpayers Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Janneck v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Taylor v. United States Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Roby v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Great American Reserve Insurance Co. of Dallas v. StrainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1962
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1973
- Williams v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1969
- Estate of Bingham v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1981
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