Legal Opinion
Wanshura v. State Farm Life Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 1, 1978No. 48322PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TODD, Justice.
George R. Meissner, a State Farm Life Insurance Company agent, solicited a life insurance application from John Wanshura. Wanshura disclosed a prior history of cancer. State Farm conducted a medical examination of Wanshura which failed to discover a detectable renewed cancerous condition. State Farm mailed a policy to its agent for delivery to Wanshura. Meissner telephoned Wanshura’s wife who agreed to an increased premium and delivery of the policy on the following day. During the telephone conversation, she disclosed that her husband was hospitalized. Thereafter, the agent…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Heiman v. Phœnix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
- Commonwealth v. CorbinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Sawyer v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DevoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- Going v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
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