Suarez v. Life Insurance Co. of North America

Opinion

LILLIE, P. J.

Plaintiff, Pat Suarez, appeals from summary judgment in favor of defendants Life Insurance Company of North America (LICNA) and Times Mirror Company (Times) in plaintiff’s action based on LICNA’s denial of benefits to plaintiff under an accidental death and dismemberment policy issued to him by LICNA and advertised in defendant Times’s newspaper, the Los Angeles Times.

Factual and Procedural Background

In October 1982 plaintiff’s father, Bien Suarez, saw in the Los Angeles Times an advertisement for “Los Angeles Times Subscriber Accident Insurance” underwritten by LICNA and…