McGregor v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
'WiNBORNE, J.
Taken in tbe light most favorable to plaintiff, the evidence fails to bring her disability within the provisions of the policy of health insurance upon which this action is based. The policy insures against loss resulting from disability from disease contracted during the life of the policy and after it has been in continuous effect for thirty days from its date. The language is clear and unmistakable and needs no interpretation. Hence, we inquire: Hid the disability of plaintiff result from “disease”? “Disease” has been defined as “an alteration in the state of the human body…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Independent Life Ins. Co. v. ButlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Merriam v. HamiltonOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- Perry v. VanmatreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Pilgrim Health & Life Insurance v. GomleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
- Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. TreanorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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