Case Name: Donald Cohen, Appellant, v. First Unum Life Insurance Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-12-03
Citations: 68 A.D.3d 423
Docket Number: 
Parties: Donald Cohen, Appellant, v First Unum Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 423–423

Head Matter:
Donald Cohen, Appellant, v First Unum Life Insurance Company, Respondent.
[888 NYS2d 747]

Opinion:
Plaintiff's efforts to create an ambiguity in the insurance policy are unavailing (see Moore v Kopel, 237 AD2d 124, 125 [1997]). The term "disability period" as used in the policy is reasonably susceptible of only one meaning. An unsupported hearsay statement attributed by plaintiff to a purported agent of defendant neither changes the policy's terms nor renders them ambiguous (see Kass v Kass, 91 NY2d 554, 566 [1998]).
We have considered and rejected plaintiffs remaining contention. Concur — Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Andrias, Nardelli and Richter, JJ.