Legal Opinion
Craten v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 1, 1937No. 34026PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
Emile Craten brought this suit on an insurance policy, called a group policy, on the lives of the employees of the Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company, to whom the policy was issued. The suit is for a “Permanent Total Disability Benefit,” as stipulated in the policy, thus:
“If any employee, before attaining the age of sixty years and while insured hereunder, becomes totally disabled and presumably will thereafter during life be unable to engage in any occupation or employment for wage or profit, or shall meet with the entire and irrecoverable loss of the sight of both eyes or of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Landry Wholesale Mercantile Co. v. Teutonia Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Wheeler v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- J. B. Clark & Sons v. Franklin Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Marshall v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
3Cited by3 opinions
- Franz v. United States Casualty Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1943
- West v. Lincoln Income Life InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Madison v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937