Legal Opinion

Mehta v. New York Life Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 5, 1994PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Seymour Schwartz, J.), entered June 28, 1993, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

It is undisputed that the insured decedent misrepresented that his driver’s license had not been suspended or revoked within two years prior to his application for life insurance. In fact, less than a year earlier, his driver’s license had been suspended for 90 days on the ground that he had violated Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 (1), which prohibits driving while the ability to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. United States Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. Alaz Sportswear v. Public Service Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. Designcraft Jewel Industries v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Designcraft Jewel Industries, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Interested Underwriters at Lloyd's v. H.D.I. III AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. Kiss Construction NY, Inc. v. Rutgers Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. Gugleotti v. Lincoln Security Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  4. Allstate Insurance v. KaywattieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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