Foryciarz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
New York Supreme Court
Motion by defendant to set aside the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff rendered upon the direction of the court, and for a dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint on the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, Rowland L.,
J. On February 13, 1911, the defendant issued a policy of insurance for $204 upon the life of one Regina Nee, a young Austrian woman living with her husband in Buffalo. It was what is known as an “ industrial policy,” the premium of ten cents being payable weekly.
The printed form of the policy makes the “ amount of benefit ” payable to the executors or administrators of the insured, unless payment is made by the company to a relative or certain other persons “ equitably entitled to the same by reason of having incurred expense on behalf of the insured.”
The insured could…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- St. John v. . the American Mutual Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1855
- Spencer v. . MyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Shea v. United States Industrial InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Steinback v. . DiepenbrockNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Ferretti v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1906
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- Sylvester v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
- Zahn v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
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