Nelson v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

I

This is an action on a group insurance policy for the alleged accidental death of one Paul N. Vishino. The master group policy was delivered by defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company to Mr. Vishino’s employer, Skelly Oil Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Skelly’s home office. That group policy contained a provision that it “shall be construed in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which it is delivered.” Both Aetna and Skelly were authorized to and did in fact transact business in Missouri. Mr. Vishino entered Skelly’s employ in Kansas…