Wallendorf v. New York Life Insurance Co.

This case originated in the Civil Court of Record of Dade County, Florida. The declaration consisted of a single count based on a policy of life insurance containing a clause to the effect that if the plaintiff became, before the age of sixty, permanently disabled from following any occupation or from engaging in any business for remuneration or profit, then under these conditions the insurance company, during the period of disability would pay the insured $53.86 per month. The declaration alleged that the plaintiff became permanently disabled by diseases viz: Addison’s Syndrome an extreme…