Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1943PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWalter, J.
This action is brought upon the policies of insurance issued by defendant to plaintiff to recover disability benefits alleged to be due by reason of a total and permanent disability alleged to have occurred on January 15, 1935. After that date, but. before the action was commenced, plaintiff was sentenced to a State prison under an indeterminate sentence of a minimum of twenty years and a maximum of life. Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint solely because of such sentence.
The action was brought in January, 1941. Defendant answered in August, 1941. Notice of this motion was served on…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Avery v. . EverettNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Sturges v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- McCulloch v. . NorwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Green v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Rima v. Rossie Iron WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Johnson v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Nastasi v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1946
- Thomas v. GrupposoCivil Court of the City of New York · 1973
- Claim of Bilello v. A. J. Eckert Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- Hewson v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
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