Legal Opinion

Fratello v. Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund

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

Decided October 7, 1992PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. Chase v. William Penn Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. Chase v. William Penn Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Dave's Ice Cream Cakes, Inc. v. William Penn Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Legawiec v. North American Company for Life & Health InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API