Legal Opinion
Beece v. Guardian Life Insurance of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 2, 1987PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action by a beneficiary to recover accidental death benefits under a life insurance policy, the defendant appeals from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Slifkin, J.), entered October 24, 1985, which, after a jury trial is in favor of the plaintiff in the principal amount of $100,000, and (2) an order of the same court, entered December 12, 1985, which denied its motion to set aside the jury verdict.
Ordered that the judgment and order are affirmed, with costs.
Patrick Beece, the 52-year-old deceased, was involved in an automobile accident on February 12, 1980, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- McGrail v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Burr v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- McMartin v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Tenczar v. MilliganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Lachter v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Bozic v. JC Penny Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Vasti v. Hartford Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004