Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 9, 1969PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeating, J.
Selma Simpson was designated by her husband Leonard as the beneficiary of a group life insurance policy procured by his employer, Lebanon Cemetery Association of Queens, Inc. (hereinafter Lebanon), through the trustees of the Cemetery and Funeral Service and Supply Industry Group Insurance Ftind, from Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company (hereinafter Phoenix). The master policy issued by Phoenix on January 1, 1963 to Lebanon contained a provision that eligible employees for insurance coverage were all full-time employees regularly working at least 30 hours per week at the employer’s usual…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DormanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- Romano v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Lelia Grace Fisher v. The United States Life Insurance Company in City of New York, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Equitable Life Assurance Society v. FlorenceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Robert Clark, Jr. v. Union Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Dornberger v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation v. Kenneth B. FormanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company v. MorseTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Frances Krauss v. Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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