Legal Opinion

Santori v. Met Life

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 18, 2004PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*598In an action to recover benefits under a disability insurance policy, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Gigante, J.), dated October 31, 2003, which denied its motion for leave to amend its answer to assert the affirmative defense of lack of capacity to sue and denied its separate motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the law and as a matter of discretion, by (1) deleting the provision thereof denying the defendant’s motion for leave to amend its answer to assert the affirmative defense of lack of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Dynamics Corp. of America v. Marine Midland Bank-New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Ortega v. Bisogno & MeyersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. Leszczynski v. Kelly & McGlynnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Patterson-Priori v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1994
  5. Goldstein v. St. John's Episcopal HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. Crespo v. PucciarelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  4. Mora v. Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical CenterNew York Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Nunez v. MousourasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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