Legal Opinion
Lewis E. Wallace v. Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1969No. 19008_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
Lewis E. Wallace appeals from dismissal of his action against the Insurance Company of North America (hereinafter IN A). The ease was tried to a District Judge sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
IN A issued to appellant an insurance policy which promised to pay him one-half the principal sum, or $12,500, for the “loss of one member”. “.Member” was defined to include “eye” and “loss” was defined, “with regard to eye, entire and irrecoverable loss of sight.” On January 24, 1966, appellant was struck in the right eye by a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. LinnCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. HurtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Order of United Commercial Travelers v. KnorrCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Home Life Ins. Co. of New York v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Southland Life Ins. Co. v. DunnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Buchanan v. Reliance Standard Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1998
- Reliable Life Insurance Company v. SteptoeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Crim v. National Life & Accident Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. ShortIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
- James F. Rice v. Military Sales & Service Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
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