Weiss v. Assicurazioni Generali, S.P.A.

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Dr. Thomas Weiss, Erna Birnbaum Gottesman, and Martha Birnbaum Younger (“the Weiss Plaintiffs”) and Plaintiff Edward David (“David”) appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mukasey, /.), which dismissed their claims. Plaintiffs are beneficiaries of insurance policies purchased by their ancestors in the years leading up to the Holocaust from Defendant Assicurazioni Generali, S.p.A. (“Generali”), an Italian insurance company. Plaintiffs brought state-law claims alleging breach of the insurance contracts,…