Court of Appeals of New York

In an action for life insurance proceeds, judgment for Defendant is affirmed where: 1) there was considerable evidence supporting Defendant's contention that Plaintiff's decedent committed suicide; and 2) the presumption against suicide did not require judgment for Plaintiff as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/05/2009
• Published 05/05/2009

Judges

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Robert Kruger, New York City, for appellant in first above-entitled action., Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General, Albany (Barbara G. Billet,  Peter H. Schiff, Victor Paladino and Kathleen M. Treasure of counsel), for New York State Department of Health, for amicus curiae in the first above-entitled action., Robert, Lerner & Robert, Rockville Centre (Charles Robert and Joan Lensky Robert of counsel), for appellant in second above-entitled proceeding.,  Burchetta, Brofman & Hanley, Pomona (Sonia Crannage, of counsel), for NYSARC, Inc., for amicus curiae in second above-entitled proceeding.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan D. Scheinkman, County Attorney of Westchester County, White Plains (Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz and Lea L. Bahl of counsel), for nonparty respondent in first above-entitled action., Robert J. Cimino, County Attorney of Suffolk County, Hauppauge (Paul G. Costello of counsel), for respondent in second above-entitled proceeding.