Legal Opinion
Grispino v. New England Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 6, 2004No. 03-1899PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Michele and Frances Grispino appeal the district court’s dismissal of their action under Pennsylvania state law against the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1 Creative Financial Group, and John F. Mazzola. After reviewing the record, we affirm.
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The Grispinos are Pennsylvania residents who purchased life insurance policies in 1989 from New England Mutual. They came to believe that these policies were sold to them through deceptive means— notably, by falsely representing that the premiums due under the policies would “vanish” after nine years — and that they were…
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