Legal Opinion
New York Life Insurance Company v. Lee Strudel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1957No. 15945_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge,
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff, holding appellant insurance company lia-hie on four insurance policies in spite of ^he fact that the deceased insured had intentionally misstated material facts on his application. Appellant complains of various features of the charge and of the trial court’s failure to direct a verdict, enter a judgment n. o. v., or at least to order a new trial.
In March Henry strudel applied appeliant>g agent for ?20,000 of life insurance; on March 29th he completed app“n: “Aa^ers to the Mfdl,cal Examiner m…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. Life Ins. Co. of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
- Columbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. RodgersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- The Columbian Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. LaniganSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
- DiPasqua v. California Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Great American InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
- Middlesex Mutual Insurance Company v. Stuart LevineCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Henry M. Apperson v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Gloria L. Schrader v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Mrs. Myrtle H. Trawick v. The Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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