Monarch Life Insurance v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Asch, J.
On September 9, 1981, Monarch Life Insurance Company (Monarch) issued a disability insurance policy to Alan R. Brown providing a monthly disability income benefit of $1,500. On June 24, 1984, more than two years after the inception of the policy, Brown submitted an application for benefits to Monarch. It stated that he had suffered a heart attack on April 30, 1984, and that he was thus rendered totally disabled from his then occupation, that of an accountant.
A letter from Brown’s doctor, John Morseman, M.D., stated that since Brown’s hospitalization in May of 1984,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Miller v. Continental InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Apter v. Home Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Fischer v. Massachusetts Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Berkshire Life Insurance v. WeinigNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
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