Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided January 18, 2000No. 98-C-792PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
In this bad faith insurance case, the insured is suing the insurer, which in turn is suing the broker who filled out the application. In 1990 the insured, Scott M. Lewis (formerly Scott M. Abrams), applied for and was issued a Paul Revere disability insurance policy. His application appears to have omitted or misrepresented several items, principally a history of counseling for emotional problems. Nonetheless, the policy had an incontestability provision, prohibiting Paul Revere from denying coverage for a claim more than two years into the policy on the ground…
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