Legal Opinion
Joseph H. Beaman v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1966No. 10602PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
The district judge, on the authority of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Moyle, 116 F.2d 434 (4 Cir. 1940), dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, a complaint for a declaratory judgment in which appellant sought a declaration that he was permanently and totally disabled under the terms of a health and accident policy issued by appellee and also sought recovery of $69,884.00, based upon the monthly benefit under the policy times his claimed life expectancy, without discount. Lack of jurisdiction was predicated upon the determination that the amount in controversy was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. ViglasSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Mobley v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. FlowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. MoyleCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Cate v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of AlabamaDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1977
- Banks v. Travelers InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Bloch v. Sun Oil CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1971
- Wilbert v. Unum Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1997
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