Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1936

Prudovsky v. New York Life Insurance

Prudovsky v. New York Life Insurance
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 11, 1936
162 Misc. 11; 293 N.Y.S. 656; 1936 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1653

Counsel

Louis H. Cooke [Ronald B. Swinford of counsel], for the appellant., Samuel Witte, for the respondent.

Prudovsky v. New York Life Insurance

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The answers to the questions as to whether the applicant had received medical advice during the preceding five years or had been treated for certain enumerated diseases are as a matter of law material to the risk, and if false, plaintiff cannot recover.

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.

All concur. Present — Lydon, Levy and Hammer, JJ.

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