Continental American Life Insurance Co. v. McCain

Respondent McCain recovered a judgment against petitioner Continental American Life Insurance Company for disability benefits under a group life insurance policy. The judgment was for a principal sum of $2,400, representing twenty-four monthly payments of $100 each, plus the statutory penalty on that sum and $800 attorney’s fees, for a total of $3,488 and with 6 per cent interest on that sum until the judgment was paid.

The injury which caused disability occurred on February 24, 1965, trial of the case was concluded on March 8, 1966, and judgment was entered on March 31, 1966. It is thus…