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Cohen v. New York Life Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Michigan
Sep 9, 1997
456 Mich. 865 (Mich. 1997)

Opinion

No. 107266, 107267.

Summary Dispositions September 9, 1997.


In lieu of granting leave to appeal, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the judgment of the Oakland Circuit Court is reinstated. MCR 7.302(F)(1). In the circumstances of this case, there was no genuine issue of material fact that failure to disclose more than 100 psychotherapy sessions with a licensed psychologist during the five years preceding the application for insurance constituted a material misrepresentation. The psychologist was a "practitioner" within the obvious meaning of the question, and in the context of the questionnaire, which had asked elsewhere about "psychiatric, emotional, or mental health" conditions, the psychotherapy sessions were consultations that should have been disclosed. Court of Appeals Nos. 171064, 173296.


Summaries of

Cohen v. New York Life Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Michigan
Sep 9, 1997
456 Mich. 865 (Mich. 1997)
Case details for

Cohen v. New York Life Insurance Company

Case Details

Full title:COHEN v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Sep 9, 1997

Citations

456 Mich. 865 (Mich. 1997)
568 N.W.2d 683