Legal Opinion
Becky Lynn Lettieri, AKA Becky Shears Lettieri v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1980No. 78-2571PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
California beneficiaries 1 of a life insurance policy appeal a judgment in favor of the insurer. The district court ruled that the substantive law of New York, rather than that of California, governed the questions of the enforceability of the policy. Because the plaintiffs had no legal theory upon which to proceed under New York law, they saved their objection to the choice-of-law ruling and judgment was entered.
The decedent, Alfredo Lettieri, a resident of New Jersey, while in poor health, bought a $400,000 five-year term life insurance policy from an agent Alfredo…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Bernhard v. Harrah's ClubCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Thompson v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. YatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Lemen v. Allstate InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1995
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