Legal Opinion

Cohen v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance

California Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1957No. S. F. 19647PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*723SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff sued as beneficiary to recover on a policy of insurance issued by defendant on the life of her deceased husband. After a verdict in plaintiff's favor, defendant unsuccessfully moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and judgment was entered on the verdict. Defendant appeals, claiming principally that its motion should have been granted because of the deceased’s misrepresentations and concealment of material facts in stating his medical history. Since the record sustains defendant’s position on this point, other alleged errors need not be considered.

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Telford v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Alonso v. HillsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  4. Iverson v. Metropolitan Life Etc. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Pigeon v. W. P. Fuller & Co.California Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Sentry Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  2. Thompson v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Petersen v. Mutual Life Insuarance Co. of New YorkAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Mitchell v. United National InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
  5. Williamson & Vollmer Engineering, Inc. v. Sequoia InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976

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