Legal Opinion
Gassler v. Monarch Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 16, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover disability benefits under two insurance policies, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated July 26, 1999, as granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On November 15, 1991, the plaintiffs license to practice podiatry in New York State was revoked after he pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud. About two weeks later, the plaintiff consulted a psychiatrist for depression. He subsequently applied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Goomar v. Centennial Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1994
- Brumer v. National Life of VermontDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1128, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1917 Mohinder S. Goomar, M.D., an Incompetent Person by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Shukla Goomar, M.D. v. Centennial Life Insurance Company, a Kansas Corporation Sentry Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Co. v. LlewellynDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1996
3Cited by4 opinions
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. JeffersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- Gassler v. Monarch Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Jacobs v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Jacobs v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012