Legal Opinion
Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 14, 1972PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Francis 1ST. Pécora, J.
Certain actions were taken by the court, and I would like to for the record indicate why the court acted as it did.
The parties in this case agreed that a policy of life insurance was delivered to the deceased on January 16,1970 after an application to the defendant insurer for a $10,000 life insurance policy dated December 12,1969.
They further agreed that the insured party died on October 18,1970.
The defendant Guardian claims that the deceased failed to disclose that his health conditions had changed between the time of the application and the time of delivery of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Tolar v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Goldstein v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Goldstein v. . New York Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GoldsmithNew York Supreme Court · 1952
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lau v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1974