Legal Opinion
Smith v. Pruco Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 5, 2012No. CV 10-1483 (LDW)(ARL)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
WEXLER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Ronald Smith, as successor trustee under the James W. Coops Trust, brings this action, removed from state court, against defendant Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (“Pruco”) to recover under a term life insurance policy on the death of the insured decedent, Michael Coops (“Coops”). At a bench trial, the parties agreed to the undisputed facts and presented argument. The Court, having reserved decision, now makes these findings of fact and conclusions of law.
FINDINGS OF FACT
During July 2007, Coops applied for a $1…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Berger v. Manhattan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- Hidary v. Maccabees Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1992
3Cited by1 opinion
- Smith v. Pruco Life Ins. Co. of N.J.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013