Case Name: Helen Connell, Appellant, v. St. Mary's Hospital of Troy, Defendant, and Aetna Life Insurance Company, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-10-31
Citations: 45 N.Y.2d 944
Docket Number: 
Parties: Helen Connell, Appellant, v St. Mary’s Hospital of Troy, Defendant, and Aetna Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 944–946

Head Matter:
Helen Connell, Appellant, v St. Mary’s Hospital of Troy, Defendant, and Aetna Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
Argued September 22, 1978;
decided October 31, 1978
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
William M. Burke for appellant.
William P. Soronen, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
In support of its cross motion for summary judgment, defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company came forward with evidence establishing that plaintiffs coverage under the group insurance policy automatically terminated prior to the onset of her disability. It then became incumbent upon plaintiff to demonstrate, by affidavit or other available proof, the existence of a triable issue of fact as to whether she fell within a class of employees selected by the hospital as eligible for coverage (e.g., Kuehne & Nagel v Baiden, 36 NY2d 539, 543-544; Indig v Finkelstein, 23 NY2d 728, 729). Having failed to do so, plaintiff must suffer the consequences of summary judgment.
We decline to attribute any significance to defendant St. Mary's inadvertent payment of premiums on the policy for some months after coverage had terminated. Unrefuted evidence indicates that the payments were made as a result of administrative or clerical oversight which, under the terms of the policy, had no bearing upon termination of the insurance.
Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur in memorandum.
Order affirmed.