Legal Opinion

Security Mutual Life Insurance v. Rodriguez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 26, 2009PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

McGuire, J.

In October 2003 defendants Lucy Rodriguez and Esmail Mobarak, Rodriguez’s son, purchased three life insurance policies with an aggregate benefit of $20 million from agents of plaintiff Security Mutual Life Insurance Company. The policies were issued on Rodriguez’s life and Mobarak is the beneficiary under each policy. Each policy contains an incontestability clause that precludes plaintiff from challenging the policy “after it has been in force, during the Insured’s lifetime, for two years from the earlier of its Policy Date or Issue Date.” The parties agree…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Merritt Hill Vineyards Inc. v. Windy Heights Vineyard, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Oppenheimer & Co. v. Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Travelers Insurance v. PomerantzNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  4. Bible v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  5. Bernstein v. Kelso & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States Life Insurance v. BlumenfeldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. American General Life Insurance v. SalamonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012
  3. United States Life Insurance v. GrunhutAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. 11th Street LLC v. Certain Underwriters At Lloyd's London Subscribing to Certificate Number AMR-37891-05District Court, S.D. New York · 2023
  5. Allstate Insurance Company v. WeinerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2023

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