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· 6/30/1978

Fischer v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance

Citations

  • 458 F. Supp. 939
  • 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16855

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that under New York law, policy defining covered conditions as those that first manifest themselves after coverage begins was not proper exclusion by \name or specific description\ under incontestability clause
  • noting that interpretation of clause that allows insurer to defend against existing and manifested diseases “has the effect of rendering the clause an absolute nullity”
  • noting that interpretation of clause that allows insurer to defend against existing and manifested diseases \has the effect of rendering the clause an absolute nullity\

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Judges: Vincent L. Broderick

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