Legal Opinion
Schoeman v. New York Life Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1986No. 52170-1PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallow, J.
The Superior Court dismissed the wrongful death claim brought by Mrs. Joyce Schoeman, the appellant, as personal representative of her deceased husband Giovanni Schoeman. She alleges that the respondent New York Life Insurance Company (Insurer) negligently issued a keyman life insurance policy on the life of her husband and such issuance was the proximate and foreseeable cause of his death. The trial court dismissed her action as a matter of law holding that her claims were barred by res judi-cata and that she had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted against the Insurer.…
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