Legal Opinion
Wageman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 21, 1965PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
Plaintiff, an insured under a policy of major medical health insurance, recovered a judgment after a jury trial in the sum of $2,229.03. Before submission to the jury, the court dismissed several of the causes of action. There are cross appeals.
The insurer had cancelled the policy sometime after its issuance, and rejected plaintiff’s claims. On its appeal defendant insurer urges, as a matter of law, that the cancellation of the policy was effective and that plaintiff insured was barred from any recovery by reason of his false material answers to questions on his application for insurance. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Lampke v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Reznikoff v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
- Reznikoff v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- New York Life Insurance v. BreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
3Cited by21 opinions
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. The Stroh Companies, Inc. And the Stroh Brewery CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Process Plants Corp. v. Beneficial National Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- L. Smirlock Realty Corp. v. Title Guarantee Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Leamy v. Berkshire Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Friedman v. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
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