Geisenhoff v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Holt, Justice.

Plaintiff’s husband, John Henry Geisenhoff, was in the employ of the Railway Express Agency, Incorporated, when defendant issued its Group Life Policy of Insurance No. 1112-G, effective February 1, 1987, insuring, among others, the life of plaintiff’s husband in the sum of $1,000, payable to plaintiff upon his death. Hereinafter the insurer will be referred to as the defendant, the Railway Express Agency as the company, and John H. Geisenhoff as the insured. The company employs some 12,000 persons covered by the policy. It pays the premiums monthly in advance to defendant, and…