Legal Opinion
In Re Assicurazioni Generali S.P.A. Holocaust Insurance Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 25, 2002No. MDL 1374. No. M21-89 (MBM)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
In twelve different actions currently before the court, plaintiffs sue European insurance companies that issued policies in about a dozen countries from 1920 to 1945. 1 It is alleged that those companies refused to pay benefits to policy beneficiaries or their surviving family members following the death of the policy holders or damage to their property during the German campaign of genocide before and during World War II, known as the Holocaust.
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (“Genera-li”), a defendant in all actions, moves- to dismiss on the grounds of…
2Cases cited74 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- Gilstrap v. Radianz Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- Weiss v. Assicurazioni Generali, S.P.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litig.District Court, N.D. California · 2018
- Otto Candies, LLC v. Citigroup, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
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