Cummings v. Kaminski

Plaintiff, the legal wife of decedent, moves for summary judgment in an action against the defendant, a woman who lived with decedent for several years prior to and at the time of his death. Defendant cross-moves to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action and for other relief.

The complaint contains four causes of action. The first and second allege that, as decedent’s wife, plaintiff was the proper beneficiary of life insurance policies, the proceeds of which were fraudulently obtained by defendant, who represented herself to be decedent’s wife. The third alleges that, in…