Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 11, 1986No. 84 CIV 3712PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER
BARTELS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Phyllis Cohen brings this diversity action to recover proceeds under a life insurance policy issued by defendant Mutual Benefit Life Insurance (MBLI) to plaintiff’s husband, Solomon Cohen, who died of cardio-respiratory arrest approximately four months after the policy was issued. (Unless otherwise indicated the name Cohen refers to Solomon Cohen). MBLI denied recovery under the policy on the ground that the insured’s failure to disclose a long history of heart trouble and diabetes was a material misrepresentation which warranted…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Process Plants Corp. v. Beneficial National Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- L. Smirlock Realty Corp. v. Title Guarantee Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Vander Veer v. Continental Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Leamy v. Berkshire Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Wittner v. IDS InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
- The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company v. Jmr Electronics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Donald Vella v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Group and Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Priscilla Properties, LLCDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2017
- Home Insurance Co. of Illinois v. Spectrum Information Technologies, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1996
- Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. MorleyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
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