Legal Opinion
Gassler v. Monarch Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 3, 2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover disability benefits under two insurance policies, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Cozzens, J.), dated December 20, 2001, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
On November 15, 1991, the plaintiff’s license to practice *365podiatry in New York State was revoked after he pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud. About two weeks later, the plaintiff consulted a psychiatrist for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Ryan v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Gassler v. Monarch Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
3Cited by1 opinion
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. WoodallDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2003