Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided November 15, 1973PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff having foregone the opportunity to apply for life insurance on his wife without medical examination in a lesser sum and thereby changed his position to his detriment (if defendant’s rejection of the application be permitted to succeed) solely on the representations and actions of defendant’s agent, which defendant in nowise disaffirms or reprehends, it is our view that defendant is now estopped to deny the validity of the signature on the application. (Wells v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 19 App. Div. 18, 25-26, affd. 163 N. Y. 572; Pickett v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 20 App.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lampke v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- McElwain v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Wells v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Pickett v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Wells v. . Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
3Cited by6 opinions
- Armstrong v. United Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Quarles v. Nationwide Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Cohen v. Utica First InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2006
- Paramount Insurance v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1973
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.