Legal Opinion

Mason v. Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 26, 1979No. 77-669PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Walter F. Mason, Jr., from the entry of summary judgment against him in favor of defendant Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. We affirm.

The facts before the trial court were undisputed. In 1971 the plaintiff, Walter Mason, suffered two severe heart attacks. At that time Mason was employed by the Keebler Company as a route or territory salesman. The job was a physically and emotionally demanding one requiring the plaintiff to drive extensive distances to procure orders from stores, load and unload his truck, stock shelves, rotate merchandise and build…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ray v. Midfield Park, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  2. Fleming v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  3. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. DanleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. BOARD OF WATER, ETC. v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  5. Wilkey v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1959

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Smith v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  2. Muncaster v. ALABAMA STATE ETHICSSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  3. Emerson v. Fireman's Fund, American Life Insurance Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1981
  4. Bobby T. Mullinax v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Ford Life Ins. Co., Inc. v. SmithCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979

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