Fratello v. Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Order and judgment unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Upon our review of the record, we find ample support for Supreme Court’s determination that defendant Permanent Savings Bank failed to meet its burden of proving that decedent made a material misrepresentation of fact on his application for mortgage protection life insurance (see, Chase v William Penn Life Ins. Co., 159 AD2d 965, affd 76 NY2d 999, cert denied — US —, 112 S Ct 61). Here, the medical proof that decedent’s asymptomatic "left bundle branch blockage” did not constitute "heart trouble”, a term used on defendant’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chase v. William Penn Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Chase v. William Penn Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Dave's Ice Cream Cakes, Inc. v. William Penn Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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