Legal Opinion
In Re Assicurazioni Generali S.P.A. Holocaust Insurance Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 14, 2004No. MDL 1374. No. M21-89MBMPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in twenty separate actions have sued Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“Generali”), an Italian insurer that wrote insurance policies in Europe in the years before and during World War II. 1 The gravamen of the actions is that Generali failed to pay benefits following the death of the policy holders or damage to their property during the German campaign of genocide known as the Holocaust. Plaintiffs, assertedly the policy beneficiaries or their surviving family members, have advanced numerous claims seeking damages for Generali’s non-payment of…
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