Di Filippi v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

Suozzi, J.

In an action to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy, defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme *170Court, Queens County, entered February 17, 1977, upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs in the sum of $25,000, representing the proceeds of the policy. The judgment should be affirmed.

The decedent herein died on June 24, 1973. Plaintiff instituted this action to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued on decedent’s life on June 16, 1972. The defendant insurer, in denying the plaintiffs’ claim for the proceeds of the policy and…