Legal Opinion

Rackear v. Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided December 9, 1965PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

William C. Hecht, Jr., J.

This action was brought to recover payments allegedly due under a major medical expense insurance policy. Plaintiff appeals the denial of his motion for summary judgment and dismissal of defendant’s counterclaim which sought to recover payments alleged to have been mistakenly paid to plaintiff under the policy.

The policy was issued on July 26,1960, and insured “ against loss resulting from (1) sickness of the insured, contracted and commencing while this policy is in force ”. It contained an ‘1 incontestable ’ ’ clause which provides as follows:

“After this policy has…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Chase Securities Corp. v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Schmidt v. Merchants Despatch Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
  3. Gregoire v. G. P. Putnam's SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
  4. People v. NebbiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
  5. Johnson v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1937

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Fischer v. Massachusetts Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
  2. Galanty v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Mutual Life Insurance v. HaydenNew York Supreme Court · 1976
  4. North Miami General Hosp. v. Central Nat. Life Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  5. Magee v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1997

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