Legal Opinion
Katz v. American Mayflower Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 2004PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
On or about July 11, 1997, plaintiff, a real estate attorney, signed an application for a $1 million term life insurance policy, premiums to be paid on a quarterly basis, with defendant American Mayflower Life Insurance Company of New York. As plaintiff must concede, the application, which is explicitly made part and parcel of the policy, expressly provides that coverage would commence when the policy is delivered and his initial premium paid by stating immediately above the signature line:
“[EJxcept as provided in the Conditional Receipt, if issued, with the…
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