ORENTREICH v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA


275 A.D.2d 685 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 330

NORMAN ORENTREICH et al., Appellants, v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al., Respondents.

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

Decided September 28, 2000.


The action was properly dismissed on the ground that since the policies in question are owned by a trust, only the trustee, who was not named as a plaintiff in that capacity, may seek their rescission or damages attributable to their issuance (see, Restatement [Second] of Trusts §§ 280-282). Plaintiffs' argument that the 1994 Trust was not validly formed because a complete trust agreement was never executed is not persuasive. An express trust may be created...

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