New York Court of Appeals

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Inc. v. Merlin C. Schaefer

December 15, 198770 N.Y.2d 888

Summary

The Court affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the term "in force" in the policy’s incontestability clause refers to the policy’s date of issue, December 4, 1981, so the insurer’s right to void the contract expired on December 3, 1983.