Legal Opinion

Schwenk v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

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

Decided June 30, 1939Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought to recover disability benefits pursuant to the terms of certain policies of life insurance issued by the defendant reversed on the law, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs. In our opinion the plaintiff failed to establish by a fair preponderance of evidence that the disease from which he alleged he was suffering totally disabled him within the definition contained in any of the policies. (Waldman v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 252 App. Div. 448; Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Harris, 254 Ky. 23; 70 S. W.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  2. Waldman v. Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  3. Elenberg v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937

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