Lucas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Me. Justice Baenes,

This is an action in assumpsit to recover disability benefits claimed by plaintiff upon three policies of insurance issued to him by the defendant company. One of these is a life insurance policy dated June 16, 1927, which contains a supplementary clause indemnifying plaintiff against permanent and total disability. The other two policies, dated respectively November 21,1935, and January 25, 1937, are accident insurance policies providing for weekly payments to the insured in the event of total or partial disability.

On January 17, 1938, plaintiff fell while…