Lazovick v. Sun Life Insurance Co. of America

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

The plaintiff, David Lazovick, instituted this diversity action for the payment of proceeds of a whole life insurance policy on the life of his deceased son, Bruce Lazovick. The defendant insurer, Sun Life Insurance Company of America (Sun Life), has refused to pay the proceeds of the policy to the plaintiff, the named beneficiary, on the ground that the insured committed suicide within two years of the date of the insurance policy in effect at the time of death, and that pursuant to the terms of that policy’s suicide clause the defendant is only…