Legal Opinion
Woodson v. Provident Life Accident Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 5, 1942No. 17681PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Provident Life Accident Insurance Company, hereinafter called the insurer, issued to Alonzo J. Woodson, under date of January 21, 1928, a policy of industrial insurance, calling for a death benefit of $250 and a monthly indemnity for illness or accident of $40. The beneficiary named in the policy was "Adrona Woodson — Wife of the Insured". Adorilla Woodson, the sister of the insured, brought suit in the First City Court claiming $280 which included the death benefit and $30 covering three months' disability, upon the ground that she was the person intended to be named as the beneficiary.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sizeler v. SizelerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Grayson v. Life Ins. Co. of VirginiaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills v. FernandezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
3Cited by5 opinions
- California-Western States Life Insurance v. SanfordDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1981
- Continental Ins. Co. v. MadoniaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Orrico v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- Williams v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the United StatesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- Carter v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986