SCHELBERGER v. EASTERN SAV.


93 A.D.2d 188 (1983)

Gail Schelberger, Respondent, v. Eastern Savings Bank, Appellant

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

April 14, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Kelly of counsel (Manuel H. Quintana and Gianni Donati with him on the brief; Lane & Mittendorf, attorneys), for appellant.

Bernard Meyerson of counsel (Edward P. Dean with him on the brief; William J. Fitzgerald, attorney), for respondent.

CARRO and FEIN, JJ., concur with KASSAL, J.; KUPFERMAN, J. P., and SILVERMAN, J., dissent in an opinion by SILVERMAN, J.


KASSAL, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered after a jury trial awarding plaintiff the sum of $30,000 as the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued upon the life of decedent, Edward Schelberger. The policy, issued May 1, 1978, contained a standard clause pursuant to section 155 of the Insurance Law, which excluded coverage upon the death of the insured as a result of suicide within two years from...

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