Ridgeway v. U.S. Life Credit Life Insurance

¶ 1 This is an appeal by permission from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County dated September 21, 2000, denying the preliminary objections of Appellant, U.S. Life Credit Life Insurance Company. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2 The trial court summarized the facts of Appellee Janet Ridgeway’s complaint as follows:

[Ridgeway] is the executrix of the estate of Byron A. Ridgeway (the “Decedent”), her late husband. [Appellant] is an insurance company. In January of 1995, [Appellant] issued a policy of mortgage life insurance under which the Decedent was the insured, a mortgagee was the…