Legal Opinion

Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada v. Berck

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided June 29, 2010No. CIV. 09-498-SLRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On July 8, 2009, plaintiff Sun Life Assurance Company (“Sun Life” or “plaintiff’) filed the present action against defendant Jonathan S. Berck (“Berck” or “defendant”), trustee of the Daniel Berman Insurance Trust (the “Berman Trust”). (D.I. 1) Plaintiff alleges in its amended complaint, filed on September 29, 2009, that defendant, insurance producer Steven Lockwood (“Lockwood”), and Daniel Berman (“Berman”) fraudulently procured a $4 million insurance policy (the “Berman Policy”) on the life of Berman, which lacked any…

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