Benjamin v. Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ‘New York courts routinely refer to the Second Restatement as authority for conflict-of-laws principles governing contracts.”
• “New York law provides that, ‘[a]s a general matter, the parties’ manifested intentions to have an agreement governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction are honored.’” (quoting Freedman v. Chem. Constr. Corp., 43 N.Y.2d 260, 401 N.Y.S.2d 176, 372 N.E.2d 12, 15 (1977))
• “Where the contract is an insurance policy providing that the insurer will make payment within a certain time after the insured submits a proof of loss, the date when payment is due is an ‘ascertainable date’ for the existence of a cause of action.”
• applying this rule in the insurance context

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