Platke v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

I respectfully dissent from the holding of the majority that the instant medical examiner’s report constituted a certificate of health or a declaration of fitness within the meaning of sec. 209.07, Stats.

Most medical reports of life insurance companies consist of two parts, the first of which consists of questions which the medical examiner puts to the applicant and is signed by the applicant; the second consists of the questions asked of, and answered by, the medical examiner based on his examination of applicant. Typical of these latter types of questions are the subdivisions of question 16…