Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1987No. 84-1404PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case, defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, appeals from the judgment of a federal district court in Kansas holding Metropolitan liable to pay the full amount of a $250,000 insurance policy on the life of Sherman H. Roberts. The district court found that Metropolitan’s conduct had led Roberts to justifiably believe that his late premium payments would be accepted without fulfillment of the policy’s reinstatement requirement. Accordingly, the court concluded, Metropolitan was estopped to rely on the policy’s forfeiture and reinstatement…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Roberts v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987