PRINCIPAL NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. COASSIN

No. 16-2930-cv August Term 2017.

884 F.3d 130 (2018)

PRINCIPAL NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. Emily C. COASSIN, Trustee of the Lawrence P. Coassin Irrevocable Trust dated 06/23/1999, Thomas Gibney, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, J.C. David Hadden, Trustee of the Lawrence P. Coassin Irrevocable Trust dated 06/23/1999, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Anderson Frey , Gordon & Rees, LLP, Philadelphia, PA ( Jay S. Blumenkopf , Gordon & Rees, LLP, New York, NY, on brief) for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant.

David R. Schaefer , Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, LLP, New Haven, CT ( Michael T. Cretella , Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, LLP, New Haven, CT, on brief) for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

Before: Calabresi, Wesley, and Chin, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal from a bench trial, we must decide whether the District Court properly denied an insurance company's motion to rescind a life insurance policy on the basis of misrepresentations made by the deceased when applying for the policy. The District Court found that the...

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