Legal Opinion
New York Life Insurance v. Rotman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 12, 1942No. 45782PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOliver, J.
Action in equity by New York Life Insurance Company against Louis Rotman and others, to cancel the disability and double-indemnity provisions in three policies insuring the life of said Louis Rotman. All the policies were issued upon the same application and appear to be identical in form. Therefore, they will be herein considered as one policy for the aggregate amount of $25,000.
The policy was issued in 1931. In 1939 the insured made claim for disability benefits. After investigating said claim, and before starting this suit, the company notified defendants that it rescinded the disability…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Steinberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Greber v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesArizona Supreme Court · 1934
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. KaufmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Mallinger v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- Trousdell v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- Service Life Insurance v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. Stockdale AgencyDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1995
- Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
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