Legal Opinion

Malone v. North Atlantic Life Insurance Co. of America

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

Decided December 31, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff appeals from an order of Supreme Court that granted defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of the commencement date of the two-year contestability period of a life insurance policy and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff’s husband (decedent) applied for a $50,000 life insurance policy with defendant on May 7, 1990 and, on that day, tendered the first month’s premium and received a “Conditional Premium Receipt” (Receipt). The policy was issued on June 1, 1990. Decedent died from leukemia on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Esther Latorre v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Kitchen & Bath Creations, Ltd. v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Springer v. Allstate Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  2. National Union Fire Insurance v. Xerox Corp.New York Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Lauer v. American Family Life Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2001

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