Boston Mutual Insurance v. New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

On or about November 14, 1994, the New York Islanders Hockey Club (the “Islanders”) submitted an application to Boston Mutual Insurance Company (“Boston Mutual”) and various Lloyd’s of London underwriters to insure its star player, Brett Lindros, for temporary total disability as part of the National Hockey League’s group insurance plan. The Islanders failed to disclose in the application that, before becoming a member of the team, Lindros had sustained three concussions within a span of a little more than a year, that he had received medical treatment for each of these…