Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Harold M. Halpern for James S. McAskill for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. SALLY A. HELFAER et al., Appellants, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, et al., Defendant. Order reversed, with costs, and the order and judgment of Special Term reinstated on the authority of Cutler v. Hartford Life Ins. Co. ( 22 N.Y.2d 245). No opinion. Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.