PETERSEN v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.

4367, 602901/09, 4367A.

81 A.D.3d 573 (2011)

916 N.Y.S.2d 775

SCOTT PETERSEN, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Respondent.

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

Decided February 24, 2011.


The motion court correctly determined that plaintiff's proposed reading of the cost of term insurance section of the policy he purchased would fail to give full meaning to the section and the required force and effect to every sentence contained therein (see Laba v Carey, 29 N.Y.2d 302, 308 [1971]). The cost of term insurance is plainly set by reference to all the policy cost factors, including mortality, persistency and expenses...

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