Legal Opinion
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Babayan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 30, 2005No. 04-3521PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
For the third time in the past four years, we are asked to determine whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of an insurer on the basis that an insurance applicant’s material omissions on an application constituted bad faith as a matter of law and rendered the policy void ab initio. Compare Justofin v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 372 F.3d 517 (3d Cir.2004), with Burkert v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of America, 287 F.3d 293 (3d Cir.2002). Appellant Kathleen Babayan argues that our recent decision in Justofin created a “bright-line” rule that bad faith can…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Kathleen L. Babayan Kathleen Babayan v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joseph M. Savino, General Agent Northwestern Mutual Financial Network A/K/A and D/B/A the Savino Financial Group Thomas Gallina Kathleen L. BabayanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005