NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. PALMER


169 A.D.2d 823 (1991)

New York Life Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Karl G. Palmer, Appellant

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

January 28, 1991


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant, in his application for health insurance under a group policy issued to his employer, falsely answered specific questions about his wife on a health statement which was an integral part of the application. He failed to disclose her very recent medical visits to doctors with complaints that led to testing which revealed cancer. The plaintiff insurer established that had it known of the wife's ailments, it...

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