Kern v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Botéis, P. J.
Plaintiffs, as trustees of a welfare fund, appeal from an order which set aside a jury verdict of $22,292.34 in their favor and dismissed their complaint, and from the judgment for the defendant entered thereon.
Under a uniform collective bargaining* agreement between a union and a group of employers who were members of a trade association, the employers undertook to provide and maintain at their own expense life, accident and sickness, and hospital expense insurance policies covering approximately 6,500 employees. Appellants were designated as trustees and entrusted with funds…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. LedererSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Greeff v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Rhine v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Florence v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1939
- Menin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1941
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- Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Chase Manhattan Bank v. New Hampshire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 2002
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