Legal Opinion
Whitestone General Hospital v. Intramerica Life Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 25, 1969PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeo Brown, J.
This is an action brought by Whitestone General Hospital as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy to recover the proceeds of the aforesaid policy covering Dr. Paul Matlin, the insured.
The plaintiff moves to dismiss the defendant’s affirmative defenses pursuant to CPLR 3211 on the grounds that the defenses have no merit and for a protective order vacating paragraphs numbered “ 1 ”, “ 2 ” and “ 4 ” of the notice to discover and inspect. Both sides agree that this motion should be treated as one for summary judgment pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd. [c]) and the court will so treat it.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lightbody v. North American InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1840
- Goldberg v. Colonial Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Hughes v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1937
- Hughes v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
3Cited by7 opinions
- Wood v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Connecticut General Life Insurance v. WoodDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
- Mendel v. United States Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Schmitt v. North American Co. for Life & Health InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Wood v. New York Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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