Legal Opinion

Silber v. New York Life Insurance

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

Decided February 7, 2012PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*437The determination of this appeal requires the Court to invoke the most basic tenets of contract law. Plaintiff worked as a life insurance agent for defendant from 1987 until his agency contract was terminated on July 16, 2008. By summons and verified complaint dated May 12, 2010, plaintiff commenced this breach of contract action. Plaintiff claims that defendant’s termination of plaintiff and refusal to reinstate him or credit him with service time towards his retirement benefit violated an oral agreement between the parties, which caused plaintiff approximately $3,000,000 in damages.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Express Industries & Terminal Corp. v. New York State Department of TransportationNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Paz v. Singer Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. Roer v. Cross County Medical Center Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  4. Lamanna v. Wing Yuen Realty, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  5. Buchbinder Tunick & Co. v. Manhattan National Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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3Cited by13 opinions

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