Legal Opinion
Peoples Life Insurance v. Jerrell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 1, 1974No. [No. 239, September Term, 1973.]PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingley, J.
Peoples Life Insurance Company (Peoples) has appealed from a judgment for $10,000.00, the face amount of a policy of insurance on the life of Kenneth W. Jerrell, entered against it by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Shearin, J.) in favor of the beneficiary, Mildred E. Jerrell, mother of Kenneth, on a jury verdict.
Kenneth died on 26 April 1972, apparently as a result of a drug overdose. At the time of his death, his life was insured under three policies issued by Peoples: two for $500.00 each, one issued in 1954, when he was an infant, the other in 1969; and a third policy, for…
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