Legal Opinion
Gaidon v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1999PublishedCited by 255 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
In both appeals before us, plaintiffs are policyholders who have brought actions against insurance companies in connection with “vanishing premium” life insurance policies. They allege, in essence, that they purchased their insurance policies based on defendants’ false representations that out-of-pocket premium payments would vanish within a stated period of time. Plaintiffs have asserted several theories of liability, two of which merit our review. One is based on plaintiffs’ claims that defendants violated General Business Law § 349 by engaging in deceptive…
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