Legal Opinion
Petrosky v. Brasner
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 19, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jane S. Solomon, J.
Having been rebuffed in her earlier negligence and contract claims against the defendant United States Life Insurance Company (US Life), by order of another Justice of this court dismissing her prior complaint against US Life, plaintiff commenced the present action to obtain relief under a tort theory. In this second action, she casts a wider net to bring in additional parties and offers an argument novel to New York law — that a life insurance company, and by extension the inde*899pendent agents it hires to collect information regarding the applicant’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Pulka v. EdelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Palka v. Servicemaster Management Services Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Reilly v. ReidNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Akins v. Glens Falls City School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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