Legal Opinion
Suskind v. American Republic Insurance
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 2, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-45, 76-46PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Chief Judge.
Shirley B. Suskind (“Plaintiff”) initiated separate actions in state court 1 against American Republic Insurance Company (“American Republic”) and North American Life & Casualty Company (“North American”) to recover, as the beneficiary, the proceeds of insurance on her husband’s (“the decedent”) life under two separate group life insurance policies issued by the defendants. • Both actions were removed to this Court and later consolidated pursuant to the defendants’ motion. Rule 42, F.R. Civ.P. The defendants’ answers denied liability on the basis of two separate…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Scott v. PlanteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Gifford v. Travelers Protective Ass'n of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946
- Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DormanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Oglesby v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1995
- Shirley B. Suskind v. North American Life & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979