Legal Opinion
Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided December 12, 1973PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
In an action to recover the proceeds of a life policy, on the basis of the evidence it was reversible error to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. The alleged misrepresentation and the materiality thereof was a *452question of fact solely within the province of the jury (Bouzide v. Citadel Life Ins. Co., N. Y. L. J., Jan. 16, 1970, p. 15, col. 7, affd. on opn. below 35 A D 2d 938, affd. 28 N Y 2d 945; Tolar v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 297 N. Y. 441; Vander Veer v. Continental Cas. Co., 42 A D 2d 311).
The delivery of a policy of insurance or the receipt of pre- ■ miums with…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bible v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Tolar v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Zeldman v. Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- Anderson v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1973
- Hill v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
3Cited by2 opinions
- Contractors Realty Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1974