Legal Opinion
Gruskin v. New York Life Ins.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 4, 1940No. 222PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.
This is a suit by plaintiff, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued to her husband, John M. Gruskin, to recover from the defendant the face of the policy of $15,-000.
At the close of the evidence, this court directed a verdict for plaintiff for $1,152.-70, being the amount of the premiums paid upon the policy, with interest thereon.
We did this because in our opinion the policy was voided by false answers by John M. Gruskin to questions propounded in the medical history given in connection with his application for this insurance. The plaintiff contends…
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- Bailey v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America v. ClumCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Enelow v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1936
- De Roy v. New York Life Ins.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1931
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