Legal Opinion
Sovereign Life Ins. Co. of California v. Rewald
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided February 6, 1985No. Civ. 83-0975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
PENCE, Senior District Judge.
Facts
On September 2, 1980, plaintiff Sovereign Life Insurance Company received from defendant Ronald Rewald an application for a $2,000,000 life insurance policy which listed as beneficiaries his wife, defendant Nancy Imp Rewald, and their children. The application required Mr. Rewald to answer questions concerning, among other matters, his health, occupation, and financial background. Allen Tetzlaff, a Wisconsin insurance agent who had handled Rewald’s insurance affairs previously and had solicited this and other insurance applications from him,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Valton v. . the National Fund Life Assurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Travelers Indemnity Company, a Corporation v. National Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Colburn v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Bush v. RewaldDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1986
- Genovia v. Jackson National Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1992
- Gasaway v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1993
- Government Employees Insurance Company v. Marcos Cabudol, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994