Udisky v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
On the submission of this motion it was stipulated that the notice be amended, and that the motion might be considered by the court as a motion made solely for relief pursuant to subdivision 6 of rule 109 of the Rules of Civil Practice. The court is concerned, therefore, only with the sufficiency of the defense, which alleges, as against a claim for an accidental death benefit, provided to be paid in an industrial life insurance policy, that the insured sustained injuries which caused or contributed to his death, while in the commission of a felony, to wit, attempting to escape from…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fabian v. Prudential InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1931
3Cited by5 opinions
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Clyda TarrenceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
- Udisky v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. GoldsteinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1942
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Clyda TarrenceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Clyda TarrenceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957