Legal Opinion
Donald Vella v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Group and Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 2, 1989No. 1241, Docket 89-7234PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTELS, Senior District Judge:
In this diversity action plaintiff-appellant Donald Vella (“Vella”) seeks to recover for breach of contract under a disability policy issued by defendants-appellees, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Group and Life Insurance Company (“Equitable ). The policy provided for the payment of $4,000 a month income in the event Vella experienced a health disability which caused him to lose his employment. Vella incurred such a disability through a hearing impairment and instituted this suit after Equitable refused to pay, in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ricardo Garza v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Miller v. Continental InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Dilleber v. . Home Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Geer v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Process Plants Corp. v. Beneficial National Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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