Schozer v. William Penn Life Insurance

84 N.Y.2d 639 (1994)

644 N.E.2d 1353

620 N.Y.S.2d 797

Jacqueline Schozer, Respondent,

v.

William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued September 20, 1994.

Decided December 6, 1994.

Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, White Plains (Robert D. Meade of counsel), for appellant.

Kane Kessler, P. C., New York City (S. Reid Kahn and Lauren Topelsohn of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur with Judge TITONE; Judges SIMONS and SMITH dissent and vote to affirm in separate opinions.

TITONE, J.

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