Brams v. New York Life Insurance

Decided December 3, 1929. Sylvester B. Sadler wrote the opinion for the court.

148 A. 855 · Cited 50 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 277 U.S. 311
• McMaster v. New York Life Insurance · 183 U.S. 25
• Gottlieb v. Abraham Lincoln Mutual Life Insurance · 225 Pa. 102

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• Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co. · 284 U.S. 489
• Berry v. Lamar Life Ins. Co. · 142 So. 445
• Howley v. Scranton Life Insurance · 53 A.2d 613
• The Franklin Life Ins. Co. v. Tharpe · 178 So. 300
• Reliance Life Ins. Co, of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Lynch · 197 So. 723
• Conlon v. Northern Life Insurance · 92 P.2d 284
• Kearns v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia · 34 P.2d 888
• Bennett v. New York Life Insurance · 121 P.2d 551
• Bloss v. Equitable Life Assurance Society · 33 P.2d 375
• Morris v. New York Life Insurance Co. · 6 Cal. App. 2d 30
• Miller v. Aetna Life Insurance · 437 A.2d 1224
• MacDonald v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 155 A. 491
• Janney v. Scranton Life Insurance · 173 A. 819
• Stonewall L. Ins. Co. v. Cooke · 144 So. 217
• Sack v. Glens Falls Insurance · 52 A.2d 173
• Equitable Life Assurance Society v. McCausland · 200 A. 85
• Gnagey v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance · 2 A.2d 740
• Reed v. New York Life Insurance · 131 Neb. 330

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