Legal Opinion
Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada v. Berck
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 16, 2011No. Civ. 09-498-SLRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 8, 2009, plaintiff Sun Life Assurance Company (“Sun Life” or “plaintiff’) filed the present action against defendant Jonathan S. Berck (“Berck”), trustee of the Daniel Berman Insurance Trust (the “Berman Trust”). (D.I. 1) Plaintiff alleges in its second amended complaint, filed on June 12, 2010, that defendants Steven Lockwood (“Lockwood”), and Daniel Berman (“Berman”) fraudulently procured a $4 million insurance policy (the “Berman Policy”) on the life of Berman, which policy lacked any insurable interest. (D.I. 28 at…
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