U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Dornberger v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Decided March 27, 1997. Leonard Burke Sand wrote the opinion for the court.

961 F. Supp. 506 · Cited 76 times

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Schank v. . Schuchman · 106 N.E. 127
Atkin v. Hill, Darlington & Grimm · 15 A.D.2d 362
Sabo v. Delman · 3 N.Y.2d 155
Lloyd Capital Corp. v. Pat Henchar, Inc. · 80 N.Y.2d 124
Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453
Benjamin v. Koeppel · 650 N.E.2d 829
Clark-Fitzpatrick, Inc. v. Long Island Rail Road · 70 N.Y.2d 382
Zurich Insurance v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. · 642 N.E.2d 1065
Ambrose v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Virginia, Inc. · 891 F. Supp. 1153
Lama Holding Co. v. Smith Barney Inc. · 668 N.E.2d 1370
John E. Rosasco Creameries, Inc. v. Cohen · 11 N.E.2d 908
In Re Bausch & Lomb, Inc. Securities Litigation · 941 F. Supp. 1352
Everson v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio · 898 F. Supp. 532
Thacker v. New York Life Insurance · 796 F. Supp. 1338
Danann Realty Corp. v. Harris · 5 N.Y.2d 317
Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408
Kimmell v. Schaefer · 675 N.E.2d 450
Brown v. Lockwood · 76 A.D.2d 721
In re the Arbitration between Allstate Insurance & Stolarz · 81 N.Y.2d 219
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Brown · 213 U.S. 25
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Michigan Mutual Insurance · 61 N.Y.2d 569
PI, Inc. v. Quality Products, Inc. · 907 F. Supp. 752
Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance · 24 N.Y.2d 262
Buccino v. Continental Assurance Co. · 578 F. Supp. 1518
Anabas Export Ltd. v. Alper Industries Inc. · 603 F. Supp. 1275

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