Legal Opinion
Sterling Insurance v. Dansey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 3, 1954No. Record 4181PublishedCited by 22 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This action was instituted on September 8, 1952, by Willie Roy Dansey against the Sterling Insurance Company on a policy of accident and health insurance to recover for total disability. Sterling denied liability and defended on the grounds that Dansey had, in his application for insurance, made two material misrepresentations of fact, namely: (1) by denying he had ever had diabetes when in fact he had suffered from such disease, (2) by failing to disclose previous medical treatment.
The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the insured for $1,535.00, the amount .agreed to be…
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. CrosswhiteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
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