Legal Opinion

Halverson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 28, 1979No. 12665PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORGAN, Justice.

Appellant Halverson appeals from an order of the circuit court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, granting summary judgment to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and various members of the Board of Trustees of the South Dakota Retirement System (appel-lees). Appellant argues that the circuit court erred in concluding that, as a matter of law, the provisions contained in a certificate of life insurance issued to appellant’s wife were incorporated into the group life insurance policy and binding upon her. We affirm.

Appellant’s wife became employed with the State Chemical Laboratory as a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Boseman v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DormanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
  3. Thieme v. Union Labor Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
  4. Lecker v. General American Life Insurance Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Riske v. National Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sharkey v. Washington National Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Cheney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  3. William L. FLEMING, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; Monumental General Insurance Group, Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. Cheney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Cheney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1985

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