General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Cohen

This is an appeal by the defendant, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, from a summary judgment which was entered in favor of the plaintiff, Henry Cohen, based upon an unanswered request for admissions directed to the defendant pursuant to the provisions of Code § 8-111.1, Acts of Assembly, 1960, ch. 468, p. 725. The relevant part of the section reads:

“Each of the matters of which an admission is requested shall be deemed admitted unless, within a period designated in the request, not less than ten days after service thereof or within such shorter or longer time as the court…