Legal Opinion

Collis v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance

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

Decided November 10, 1932PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Per curiam

In our view the finding of the trial court that plaintiff was not disabled and prevented from performing his occupation, as specified in the policy, is against the weight of the evidence. The testimony establishes to our satisfaction that plaintiff was immediately, continuously and wholly disabled by illness which prevented him from performing any and every kind of duty pertaining to his occupation during the whole of the period included between July 3 and November 6, 1928. His physicians testified without contradiction that he was suffering from a nervous breakdown, low blood pressure and an…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baumann v. . Preferred Accident Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
  2. Pirscher v. Casualty Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1917

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Morgan Stanley Group v. New England Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  2. Johnson v. Travelers Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
  3. Niccoli v. Monarch Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1972
  4. George Washington University v. ScottDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Continental Casualty Co. v. NovyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982

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