Hager v. Pacific Mut. Life Insurance

SWINFORD, District Judge.

This is an action to reinstate and recover the disability benefits on three insurance policies issued to the plaintiff by the immediate predecessor of the defendant.

The defendant is .the successor to the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California through reorganization proceedings (Carpenter v. Pacific Mutual Life, 10 Cal.2d 307, 74 P.2d 761); Neblett v. Carpenter, 305 U.S. 297, 59 S.Ct. 170, 83 L.Ed. 182. The defendant will be referred to as the New Company and its predecessor as the Old Company.

The Old Company issued to the plaintiff the following three…