Legal Opinion
DuFort v. Aetna Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 30, 1993No. 92 Civ. 1699 (LJF)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & OPINION
FREEH, District Judge.
In this action, plaintiff Harvey DuFort (“DuFort”) claims that by refusing to pay the full amount due under his disability policy, defendants Aetna Life Insurance Company (“Aetna”) and its employee, Robert Feury (“Feury”), 1 breached the terms of the .policy, acted in bad faith, and intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon him. Defendants now move for summary judgment on the grounds that all of DuFort’s claims are barred by the March 1989 release signed as part of DuFort’s settlement agreement with Aetna. For the reasons stated below, the…
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