Legal Opinion
Cohn v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 27, 1999No. Nos. 3:96CV1257 (RNC), 3:97CV1614 (RNC)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
CHATIGNY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Gerald Cohn, Martin Cohn, and Iris Towers seek relief for alleged misrepresentations made by defendant Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in connection with the sale of whole life insurance policies.1 The plaintiffs purport to act on their own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons. Pending before the court is the Cohns’ motion for class certification (doc. #51). For reasons explained below, the motion is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Gerald Cohn (“Cohn”) and Iris Towers (“Towers”)…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Basic Inc. v. LevinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Robert L. Moore and Jeannette S. Parry v. Painewebber, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
- Kaldenbach v. Mutual of Omaha Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009
- Spagnola v. Chubb Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Vos v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2003
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