Dale G. Button and Glorianna Button, Husband and Wife v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Cigna Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Dale and Glorianna Button (Button) appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Cigna Insurance Company (CGL) in Button’s action for continued benefits under a disability insurance policy. The issues presented on this appeal are whether: (1) Button is entitled to lifetime benefits for a back injury causing disability independent of other causes; (2) the policy’s incontestability clause prevents CGL from relying on a preexisting condition to deny coverage; and (3) a change in classification of Button’s injury,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Molsbergen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Myra Strassberg v. New England Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company v. MorseTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Carlson v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- Fischer v. Massachusetts Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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- Wischmeyer v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1989
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