Legal Opinion
Scalia v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 1, 1998PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to obtain disability benefits pursuant to a disability income insurance policy, the defendant Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Hall, J.), dated September 22, 1997, as dismissed its third defense and its first and second counterclaims.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The record supports the Supreme Court’s determination that the defendant Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (hereinafter Equitable) waived its right to rescind the…
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- Weiner v. Government Employees Insurance Co. of WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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