Gaidon v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

Decided December 20, 1999. Albert Martin Rosenblatt wrote the opinion for the court.

725 N.E.2d 598 · Cited 260 times

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• Oswego Laborers' Local 214 Pension Fund v. Marine Midland Bank, N. A. · 647 N.E.2d 741
• New York University v. Continental Insurance · 87 N.Y.2d 308
• Small v. Lorillard Tobacco Co. · 720 N.E.2d 892
• Guggenheimer v. Ginzburg · 43 N.Y.2d 268
• Schuster v. City of New York · 5 N.Y.2d 75
• Karlin v. IVF America, Inc. · 712 N.E.2d 662
• State of NY v. Unique Ideas · 44 N.Y.2d 345
• Dornberger v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 961 F. Supp. 506
• In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation · 975 F. Supp. 584
• Myers v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, Inc. · 5 F. Supp. 2d 423
• Grove v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance · 14 F. Supp. 2d 1101
• Parkhill v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance · 995 F. Supp. 983
• State v. Unique Ideas, Inc. · 56 A.D.2d 295
• Frith v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America · 9 F. Supp. 2d 744

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