Legal Opinion
Charity D. Moore v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1971No. 29572PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, the defendant below, in a suit to recover on a policy of life insurance brought by Charity D. Moore, the widow and beneficiary of the deceased insured, George R. Moore. We reverse.
Moore was employed by Howard Johnson Incorporated of Florida, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Howard D. Johnson Company of Wollaston, Massachusetts, from 1954 until 1965. In 1960 John Hancock issued to Howard Johnson of Florida a group insurance policy providing group life insurance…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Aetna Life Insurance v. DunkenSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Arnold v. ShumpertSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
- New Amsterdam Casualty Company v. AddisonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Gans v. Ætna Life Insurance Co. of HartfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Lee A. Everhart v. Drake Management, Inc., Union Commerce, Defendant-Third Party v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Joyce I. Binkley v. Manufacturers Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth Life Insurance Co. v. JacksonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Edward E. Hancock, Cynthia A. Hancock v. New York Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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