Years after selling a policy, Security Mutual entered into a secret agreement with Berkshire Life delegating to Berkshire the right and obligation to handle security mutual claims. It then applied Mass. Law to New York Policyholders without telling them. UP took position that this constituted a fraudulent nondisclosure amounting to bad faith.
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. DiPasquale, Christopher
Year
2000
Court
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Case Number
601780/98
Issue
- Bad Faith
State
- New York