Shiffler v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

MEMORANDUM

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

Plaintiff originally filed this action in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in November, 1984. Although the suit was denominated an “Action in Declaratory Judgment,” plaintiff sought an order directing the defendants to make payment to plaintiff of amounts allegedly due under two insurance policies issued to the deceased, John W. Shiffler, through his employer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (“Westinghouse”). The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (“Equitable”), an insurance company based in New York, provided…