Legal Opinion
Paulson v. Western Life Insurance
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1981No. 109,720, CA 16061, SC 27254PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*40PETERSON, J.
The rapid growth of group insurance in the United States has given rise to a number of cases in which the principal issue is whether the employer-policyholder, in the administration of the policy, is the agent of the insurer, of the insured worker, or the agent of neither. That issue, among others, is involved in this case.
THE FACTS1
Roof & Floor Components, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as “employer” or as “policyholder”) is a Salem concern that, in 1974, applied to the defendant for a “group insurance policy” that would provide its employees life insurance benefits, hospital…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Boseman v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Rowley v. . the Empire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Continental Life Insurance v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Wyoming Sawmills, Inc. v. Transportation InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Wiggins v. Barrett & Associates, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1983
- Northern National Life Insurance v. Lacy J. Miller MacHine Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- Kirkpatrick v. Boston Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Chicago Title Insurance v. Office of the Insurance CommissionerWashington Supreme Court · 2013
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