Legal Opinion
Bush v. Washington National Insurance
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 9, 1989No. 79A02-8709-CV-00358PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Judge.
John D. Bush appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of Washington National Insurance Company. At issue is whether a misrepresentation made by Bush as to the existence of other insurance in his application for temporary major medical expense insurance was material, so as to justify Washington National’s rescission of the policy.
We affirm.
In January of 1984, Jean Bush applied for a 180-day major medical expense policy from Washington National for her son, John. Later that month, Bush was hospitalized and incurred expenses of $38,599.17. After Bush filed a claim for…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- American Family Mutual Insurance v. KivelaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- American Economy Insurance v. LiggettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
- New York Life Insurance v. KuhlenschmidtIndiana Supreme Court · 1941
- Kaplan v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Evans v. National Life Accident Insurance Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. ManzoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
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- French v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2011
- Ruhlig v. American Community Mutual InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
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