Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. Fortis Insurance
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided January 3, 2005No. C03-3094-MWBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BENNETT, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.INTRODUCTION.1174
A. Factual Background.1174
1. General background.1174
2. Pertinent medical background.1175
3. The search for health insurance.1179
a. Initial contact with Midwest Benefits.1179
b. Life Investors application.1180
c. Fortis application.1182
4. Fortis’s rescission .1184
5. Summarg of factual disputes.1188
B. Procedural Background.1188
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1189
A. Standards For Summary Judgment.1189
B. Equitable Rescission .1191
1. Generally .1191
2. Construing and interpreting…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Phil Quick v. Donaldson Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Hartnagel v. NormanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Adam v. Stonebridge Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010