Bakkensen v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

(Pro Tempore)

The defendant insurance company appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Linn county in the sum of $1,040, plus attorney’s fees and costs, rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action wherein he is claiming disability benefits as a workman under the terms of a policy of group insurance issued by defendant upon the application of plaintiff’s union and wherein full-time employees are eligible if covered by an agreement between the employer and the union under its health and welfare program. In connection with this it appears that it is without question that plaintiff was…