ESTATE OF RIVERA v. N. AM. CO. FOR LIFE


269 N.J. Super. 418 (1993)

635 A.2d 598

ESTATE OF JUAN RIVERA AND CECILIA RIVERA, PLAINTIFFS, v. NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND HEALTH INS., CHARLES KIMBER, TRIBUS AGENCY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Union County.

Decided August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Schechter for plaintiffs (Smith and Schechter, attorneys).

Anthony Palmisano, Jr. for defendant North American Company for Life and Health Ins. (McCarter and English, attorneys).

Marc H. Leen for defendants Kimber and Tribus Agency (Mandelbaum, Salsburg, Gold, Lazris, Discenza & Steinberg, attorneys).


ALLEY, J.S.C.

A. Introduction:

This opinion deals with the effect, if any, that the inability of an applicant for insurance to communicate in English should have when the court is considering whether the insurer has a right (under Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Manzo, 122 N.J. 104, 111, 584 A.2d 190 (1991)), to rescind...

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