Legal Opinion
Simses v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 2, 1978PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoiselle, J.
The plaintiff, wife of the decedent Richard J. Simses, brought suit in the Superior Court to recover the proceeds due her as the beneficiary of a $30,000 life insurance policy allegedly issued to the decedent by the defendant. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant has appealed to this court.
The facts as found by the court are in part as follows: In 1970, the defendant circulated brochures offering group life insurance to the American Society of Oral Surgeons. The brochure read, in part: “Generally, contracts of $100,000 will be issued on the basis of a non-medical…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Allen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Raffel v. Travelers Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Weingarten v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Western World Insurance Company v. Stack Oil, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Hammer v. Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Wilkie v. Auto-Owners InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 2003
- Trombly v. Blue Cross/Blue ShieldSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1980
- Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co. v. WalshSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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