HELFAER v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.


26 N.Y.2d 699 (1970)

Sally A. Helfaer et al., Appellants, v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Halpern for appellants.

James S. McAskill for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Order reversed, with costs, and the order and judgment of Special Term reinstated on the authority of Cutler v. Hartford Life Ins. Co. (22 N.Y.2d 245

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