MAYER v. COHEN-MILES INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

No. 96-P-1275.

48 Mass. App. Ct. 435 (2000)

JANET MAYER v. COHEN-MILES INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., & another.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin R. Finn for the plaintiff.

Robert P. Powers for the defendants.

Present: PERRETTA, LAURENCE, & BECK, JJ.


BECK, J.

After her husband committed suicide, the plaintiff, Janet Mayer, submitted a claim to the Royal Maccabees Life Insurance Company (Maccabees or insurance company) under her husband's term life insurance policy. The insurance company denied the claim on the ground that Peter Mayer had taken his own life within the policy's two-year suicide contestability period. Janet Mayer then filed suit against the insurance...

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