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*********************************************** The “officially released” date that appears near the be- ginning of each opinion is the date the opinion will be pub- lished in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it was released as a slip opinion. The operative date for the be- ginning of all time periods for filing postopinion motions and petitions for certification is the “officially released” date appearing in the opinion. All opinions are subject to modification and technical corr

681 N.W.2d 471 (2004) 2004 SD 71 Fred H. OLSON, Jr. and Jennifer Olson, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE CO., Chris Jung in his individual capacity as Sheriff of Jones County, South Dakota and Chris Jung in his official capacity as Sheriff of Jones County, South Dakota, Defendants and Appellees. Nos. 22963, 22974. Supreme Court of South Dakota.

OPINION OF THE COURT NYGAARD, Circuit Judge. Appellee, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of America, canceled a $1 million dollar insurance policy on the life of Seth Jamison because he lied about his drug and alcohol use and treatment in his application. These misrepresentations were discovered in a routine investigation after Seth Jamison died as a result of an overdose of heroin and cocaine. Appella

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Equitable Fin. Life Ins. Co. v Chanti (2023 NY Slip Op 05659) Equitable Fin. Life Ins. Co. v Chanti 2023 NY Slip Op 05659 Decided on November 09, 2023 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pur

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

MEMORANDUM ** Equitable Life Assurance Society (“Equitable”) appeals the denial of its motion to compel arbitration. The facts and prior proceedings are known to the parties; they are not recited herein, except as necessary. I Equitable claims that the district court erred in concluding that the Leonards’ claims do not fall within the settlement agreement’s arbitrati

USCA4 Appeal: 24-1316 Doc: 48 Filed: 09/03/2025 Pg: 1 of 16 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 24-1316 MALCOLM WIENER, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant – Appellee.

USCA4 Appeal: 21-2165 Doc: 50 Filed: 01/20/2023 Pg: 1 of 18 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-2165 MALCOLM WIENER, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant – Appellee.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen M. Coin, J.), entered July 9, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on his breach of contract claim seeking a refund of deductibles paid by him for each of the years for which his Medicare coverage paid in excess of $3,000 for covered charges, and granted defendant AXA Equitable Insurance Company’s (AXA or defen

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISSJEFFREY S. WHITE, United States District Judge *1064Now before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed by Defendant AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company ("Equitable"). Having carefully reviewed the parties papers, considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, the Court hereby GRANTS Equit

OPINION AND ORDER JESSE M. FURMAN, District Judge: Plaintiffs Jonathan Ross and David Lev-in bring this putative class action on behalf of those who purchased life insurance from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company *427(“AXA”), alleging that AXA violated New York Insurance Law Section 4226 by engaging in various “shadow insurance” trans

*539 MEMORANDUM & ORDER VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge: This is a putative class action commenced by Plaintiff Jessica Zweiman on behalf of herself and other variable annuity policy holders as customers of Defendant AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. (“AXA”) alleging that AXA breached its contractual duties to them by i

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered April 30, 2013, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Defendant told plaintiff’s claim representative, Disability Management Services, Inc. (DMS), in a telephone interview in December 2008 the details of his 20 year medical history that were not disclosed in his application. Thus, as of Dece

*544ORDER XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE On this date, the Court considered the status of the above captioned case and its pending motions. After careful consideration, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket no. 34) and Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply (Docket no. 33), and DENIES Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summa

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered April 30, 2013, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Defendant told plaintiff’s claim representative, Disability Management Services, Inc. (DMS), in a telephone interview in December 2008 the details of his 20 year medical history that were not disclosed in his application. Thus, as of Dece

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS Carole Hanlon, individually, and Carole Hanlon, as the Executrix of the Estate of David Hanlon, FILED Plaintiff Below, Petitioner May 20, 2016 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK vs) No. 15-0337 (Kanawha County 11-C-132)

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge: *125 The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (" SLUSA ") precludes plaintiffs from bringing certain class actions in state court that allege fraud in connection with the purchase or sale of nationally traded securities.

JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge In these related cases, the owners and beneficiaries of flexible-premium universal life insurance policies bring claims against the issuer of those policies, Defendant AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company ("AXA"). The Court described the policies at issue in Brach Family Found., Inc. v. AXA Equitable Life Ins. Co. , 16-CV-740 (JMF),

*577In this stranger owned life insurance case, plaintiff Alexander Ashkenazi, as Trustee of the Zablidowsky Life Insurance Trust (the Trust), sued defendant AXA, alleging breach of contract and seeking payment on two life insurance policies, for $5 million and $3 million, respectively. The Trust was the owner and beneficiary of both policies, each of which insured the life of Estelle Zablidowsky,