Legal Opinion
Ruona v. New York Life Ins.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided December 12, 1946No. Civil Action No. 153PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, District Judge.
Plaintiff and her husband, Kusta A. Ruona, were residents of the city of Ish-peming, Michigan. He was about 73 years of age and for many years it had been his custom to take steam baths. At about two o’clock in the afternoon of November 6, 1942, he went to a privately-operated bath establishment in Ishpeming to take a steam bath. He had previously taken baths in this establishment, and it may reasonably be inferred that he was familiar with the equipment and facilities. It appears that he went into the private bath room assigned to him, in which there was an upper floor…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- New York Life Insurance v. GamerSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Manufacturers' Accident Indemnity Co. v. DorganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1893
- Richards v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1921
- Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. EricksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
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- Herndon v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance SocietyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1965