Legal Opinion · Dissent
White v. Continental Casualty Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 16, 2007Published
1Dissent
Gorski, J.P, and Green, J. (dissenting in part).
We respectfully dissent in part. “[I]t is generally a question for the jury to determine whether a policyholder is totally disabled within the meaning of the policy provision” (Godesky v First Unum Life Ins. Co., 239 AD2d 547, 548 [1997], citing McGrail v Equitable Life Assur. Socy. of U.S., 292 NY 419, 425 [1944], rearg denied 293 NY 663 [1944]; see Niccoli v Monarch Life Ins. Co., 70 Misc 2d 147, 149-150 [1972], affd 45 AD2d 737 [1974], affd 36 NY2d 892 [1975]). We agree with the majority that plaintiff meets the first requirement of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McGrail v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Niccoli v. Monarch Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1972
- Niccoli v. Monarch Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Niccoli v. Monarch Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Scheuerman v. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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