Williams v. Prudential Financial, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J.), entered June 1, 2015, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant insurance companies and insurance agent proceeds of two life insurance policies that lapsed shortly before the death of the insured, her late husband.

The two policies had already lapsed due to nonpayment of premiums at the time of her husband’s death, and by their terms, they could not be reinstated after death (see Brecher v Mutual Life Ins. Co. of…