Legal Opinion
Hill v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 8, 1940PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHagarty, J.
This is an action on an industrial insurance policy issued by the defendant on the life of one Harry Hill on the 1st day of July, 1937. The insured, husband of plaintiff, died of nephritis on the 15th day of January, 1938. By way of separate defense, breach of condition is pleaded.
It is not disputed that at the time the policy was issued the insured was a sick man, that he had previously had a kidney removed, and that he had been attended by a Doctor Greenfield on five separate occasions within two years prior to the issuance of the policy. For these reasons, the defendant claims that a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Axelroad v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Abbott v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- McNaught v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Steuernagel v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
3Cited by6 opinions
- Zeldman v. Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- Boro Precision Products Corp. v. John Hancock Mutual Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1963
- Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1973
- Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1974
- Canestraro v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.