Legal Opinion
Mayer v. Cohen-Miles Insurance Agency, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 12, 2000No. 96-P-1275PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
After her husband committed suicide, the plaintiff, Janet Mayer, submitted a claim to the Royal Maccabees Life *436Insurance Company (Maccabees or insurance company) under her husband’s term life insurance policy. The insurance company denied the claim on the ground that Peter Mayer had taken his own life within the policy’s two-year suicide contestability period. Janet Mayer then filed suit against the insurance company, the insurance agent, Ronald Miles, and the Cohen-Miles Insurance Agency, Inc. (insurance agency). She claimed that the insurance company had breached its contract with her…
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