Legal Opinion
Gorra v. New York Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 2, 2000PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to *470obtain the proceeds of a life insurance policy, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.), dated November 17, 1999, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff was the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued to his father (hereinafter the insured) by the defendant. On the policy applications, dated November 8, 1984, and November 15, 1984, the insured failed to disclose his prior…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Geer v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Aguilar v. United States Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Meagher v. Executive Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Gugleotti v. Lincoln Security Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Shabashev v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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- Chester v. Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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