Legal Opinion

Heslin v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 29, 2001PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*114OPINION OF THE COURT

Carpinello, J.

The instant action was commenced by former and present police officers of the City of Cohoes, Albany County, and certain members of their families1 against defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance- Company and its agent, defendant Jeffrey Roberts, and is one of many lawsuits commenced by purchasers of life insurance policies who were allegedly lured into such sales by a marketing ploy commonly referred to as the “vanishing premium” (see, e.g., Cole v Equitable Life Assur. Socy., 271 AD2d 271; Furey v Guardian Life Ins. Co., 261 AD2d 355, lv denied 93 NY2d 811;…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gaidon v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Gaidon v. Guardian Life Insurance of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Batas v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Goldberg v. Manufacturers Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. Kortebein v. American Mutual Life Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2001

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pike v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. WineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Berardino v. OchlanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. Von Hoffmann v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
  5. Brettler v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2022

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