Legal Opinion
Lothrop v. Allstate Life Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1970PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarold Baer, J.
This is an action by a widow and beneficiary to collect the proceeds of her husband’s life insurance policy. At the time the policy was purchased by the insured, he resided in Northport, Long Island, but in the summer of 1965 moved to 1160 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The premiums for the policy in question were payable monthly, but not billed monthly to the insured. Instead the company provided him with 12 IBM cards annually, together with return envelopes to be used each nfonth for the payment of premiums. Payments for the months of September, October, November and December of 1965 were not…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Imbrey v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Phelan v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Thompson v. . Postal Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Donald W. Maloney as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Eastern Footwear Corporation v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Divita v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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- Depositors Trust Co. v. Farm Family Life Insurance Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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