BROWN v. COLVIN, M.D.


291 A.D.2d 306 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 328

CYNTHIA B. BROWN, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of RODNEY W. BROWN, Deceased, Appellant, v. STEPHEN B. COLVIN, M.D., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided February 21, 2002.


Plaintiff's decedent, Rodney Wayne Brown, died of a heart attack at the age of 38 while employed as the captain of a small fishing boat engaged in a fishing expedition in Brazil in 1996. The boat was owned by defendant L&H, which is wholly owned by defendant Stephen Colvin. Plaintiff, decedent's widow, offered evidence that defendant Colvin promised to procure a $1,000,000 life insurance policy for decedent before he left on the expedition and failed to do so. Other evidence...

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