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Berger v. U.S. Life Ins. Company in the City

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 5, 1990
158 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

February 5, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant has offered evidence raising questions of fact concerning possible material misrepresentations regarding the decedent's health history made in the applications for the life insurance policies shortly before he died. Therefore, summary judgment was properly denied (see, Leamy v Berkshire Life Ins. Co., 39 N.Y.2d 271; Simon v Government Employees Life Ins. Co., 79 A.D.2d 705; Wittner v IDS Ins. Co., 96 A.D.2d 1053). In addition, there is a question of fact as to whether the plaintiff and the decedent were indeed business partners as the plaintiff claims. Thompson, J.P., Lawrence, Eiber and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Berger v. U.S. Life Ins. Company in the City

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 5, 1990
158 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

Berger v. U.S. Life Ins. Company in the City

Case Details

Full title:JOEL M. BERGER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 5, 1990

Citations

158 A.D.2d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

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