Legal Opinion
Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Long
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 11, 1977PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
345 So.2d 1321 (1977)
BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, a corp.
v.
Nell Davenport LONG.
SC 1907.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
March 11, 1977.
Rehearing Denied May 6, 1977.
Ollie L. Blan, Jr., Spain, Gillon, Riley, Tate & Etheredge, Birmingham, for appellant.
Leo E. Costello, Birmingham, for appellee.
EMBRY, Justice.
The question in this case is whether or not an application for issuance of a life insurance policy contained sufficient information about applicant's medical history to create a duty that the insurer inquire further into applicant's medical history so the failure to do so would preclude…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Life Insurance Company v. Lee StrudelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Long v. Bankers Life and Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. TrammellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. HaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- Herricks v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
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- Clark v. Ala. Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1984
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