Trial judges usually defer to higher courts and summon the wisdom of learned jurists in justifying their opinions. But Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard Dollinger (See Profile) invoked the Victorian-era theatrical team of Gilbert and Sullivan, comparing himself to Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore as he parsed and applied an “ambiguous” holding from the Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
Dollinger, in Monroe County, held that an estranged husband cannot be forced to pay health insurance premiums for his ex-wife beyond the period in which he paid maintenancea decision that at least clarifies and possibly modifies an opinion of a higher court.
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