Legal Opinion
Androvette v. Treadwell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1988PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the judgment of Supreme Court reinstated.
It is undisputed that the decedent signed a group insurance enrollment and record card in 1978, designating plaintiff (his wife) as beneficiary. At decedent’s request, an employee in the office of the Uniformed Firefighters’ Association, the policyholder, later changed the card by whiting out plaintiff’s name and writing defendant’s name in its place. Decedent did not sign the card at the time this change was made.
Although the lower courts found that this change…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Freedman v. FreedmanDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- Amex Assurance Co. v. CaripidesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
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