Legal Opinion
Levin v. National Colonial Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 12, 2004PublishedCited by 9 opinions
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1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
In this appeal we are asked whether Supreme Court properly exercised jurisdiction over a trust fund, established pursuant to New York Insurance Department Regulation 41, to resolve competing claims to the trust remainder brought by JPMorgan Chase Bank (sued herein as Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.), the trustee, and National Colonial Insurance Company (NCIC), an insolvent insurer undergoing liquidation in Kansas. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction in this regard, and that the remainder of the trust should be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- G. C. Murphy Co. v. Reserve InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- In re Transit Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1992
- State Ex Rel. Ingram v. Reserve InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Commissioner of Insurance v. Equity General InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Levin v. National Colonial InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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