United Bankers Life Insurance Co. v. Matthews

POPE, Justice.

United Bankers Life Insurance Company has appealed from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Kenneth A. Matthews. The insurer issued an accident and health policy to the insured, and thereafter the insured’s wife was stricken by polio. The insurer paid the insured large sums of money, in accord with the benefits provided by the policy, but refused to pay for the services of a practical nurse, since the policy only required the insurer to pay for the services of a registered nurse. The insured asserted an agreed modification of the original policy, but the insurer urges that…