Schlackman v. Robin S. Weingast & Associates Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover premiums paid for life insurance policies and for punitive damages, the defendant Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.), dated November 18, 2003, as denied its motion pursuant to CFLR 3211 (a) (3) and (7) to dismiss the amended complaint insofar as asserted against it.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
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