Legal Opinion

Bounds v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 3, 1971PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term entered February 18, 1971 in Albany County, which granted defendants’ motion to vacate plaintiff’s demand for a bill of particulars. Appellant, the insured under a contract of insurance for sickness benefits, allegedly became ill and filed a written notice of claim for benefits under the policy. Upon refusal to tender payments allegedly due, she sued both Mutual of Omaha and its local agent, J. J. Kearns Agency. In her second and third causes of action, appellant alleges that Kearns uttered libelous and defamatory statements about her.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ostrowe v. LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. Taylor v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. Knipe v. Brooklyn Daily EagleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Stukuls v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. New England Seafoods of Amherst, Inc. v. Travelers CompaniesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  3. Burdick v. Shearson American Express, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  4. Calabrese v. Caldwell Development Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  5. Grieco v. GalassoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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