Ciampoli v. the Prudential Ins. Co. of America

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $500 entered in the Hudson County District Court pursuant to a jury verdict.

The defendant duly issued its life insurance policy which named Domenica Ciampoli as insured and her husband, the plaintiff Joseph Ciampoli, as beneficiary. The insured could neither read nor sign her name. A daughter of the insured testified that her mother did not want the insurance policy but that the company's agent, Mr. Sparveri, "kept pestering her all the time;" that she was present when her mother affixed her "X" to an application for the insurance;…