New York Life Insurance v. Long

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an expert “is permitted to rely on facts, opinions, and data not of the expert’s own making—including analyses performed or findings made by another expert in the case—even if those facts, opinions, and data are otherwise inadmissible”
• explaining that “the factual basis of an expert opinion goes to the credibility of the testimony, not the admissibility, and it is up to the opposing party to examine the factual basis for the opinion in cross- examination.”
• “Nothing ... permits Phoenix to ... use COI rate increases to manage Phoenix’s profitability.”
• “Nothing suggests that Phoenix need not set COI rates in good faith.”
• “Industry practices and standards are relevant to [a good faith and fair dealing] claim insofar as they may inform what a reasonable [party] would expect under a contract.”
• “Industry practices and standards are relevant to [a good faith and fair dealing] claim insofar as they may inform what a reasonable [party] would expect under a contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).