BROUN v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOC'Y OF THE UNITED STATES


101 A.D.2d 783 (1984)

Amanda Broun, Respondent, v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 24, 1984


¶ This is an action on a life insurance policy, defended on a claim by the insurance company that the insured's death, before the expiration of the two-year incontestability period, was the result of suicide. ¶ At the time of the discovery of the insured's body, there was found a sealed envelope addressed to an attorney. The court excluded the envelope and its contents on the ground of attorney-client privilege. The court also refused to examine the contents even...

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