Legal Opinion
New York Life Insurance v. Johnson
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-3379PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENCH OPINION 1
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
The case is a diversity case in which the plaintiff, New York Life Insurance Company (“New York Life” or “NYLIC”), seeks a declaratory judgment that the life insurance policy issued by it to the defendant’s son, of which the defendant is the beneficiary, should be rescinded.
The claim of rescission is based on two alleged misrepresentations contained in the application for insurance. The application for insurance was filled out by the insurance agent, that is to say the plaintiff’s agent, at the instruction of the decedent and in the presence of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company v. Jmr Electronics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- A.G. Allebach, Inc. v. HurleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Baldwin v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Swift v. North American Co. for Life & Health InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1987
- Brenda Stephens, as Representative of the Estate of Mary Louise Downer, Deceased v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- New York Life Insurance Company v. Lawrence T. Johnson, Sr., of the Estate of Kirk Johnson Lawrence T. Johnson, Sr., in His Own RightCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Reassure America Life Insurance v. Midwest Resources, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2010