Cutler v. Hartford Life Insurance

Arising on cross motions for summary judgment, the issue is whether a purchaser of mutual fund shares on the installment plan, who optionally purchased diminishing term life insurance under a group policy, was entitled to receive a copy of his fraudulent insurance application statements in order that they be available to the insurers as a defense. The Supreme Court, Bangs County, denied plaintiff’s motion and granted *248defendant insurers’ motion. The Appellate Division affirmed in a Per Curiam opinion, two Justices dissenting in part.

Plaintiff, the widow of the deceased purchaser of mutual fund…