American States Life Insurance Co. v. Monroe

BLEIL, Justice.

American States Life Insurance Company appeals from a judgment awarding the proceeds of a life insurance policy to the beneficiaries of Ruthie Mae Monroe. American States complains that the trial court erred in four ways: by submitting an irrelevant question to the jury; by failing to submit a controlling question; by overruling American States’ motion for judgment non obstante veredicto; and by overruling American States’ motion for new trial on the grounds that the jury’s answer to a question is against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence. We conclude that the…