Friedman v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Plaintiff sues on a health pohcy issued by the defendant for the sum of $1,202.65, covering eleven weeks’ disability and $102.65 hospital charges. Defendant by its pohcy undertook to pay plaintiff’s assignor the sum of $100 per week *350during any period of total disability. Plaintiff bases his claim for partial summary judgment in the sum of $400 upon a letter written by the defendant to the plaintiff, which he claims is an admission of liability to- the extent of four weeks’ disability. The letter is as follows:

“June 29, 1934.

“ Mr. Benjamin Friedman,

2966 W. 24th Street,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

“ Re:…