Hamm v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

This suit was brought by Joseph H. Hamm as plaintiff against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, defendant, to recover disability benefits provided for in a group policy of insurance issued by the defendant insurance company to the St. Joseph Lead Company covering plaintiff as an employee of the lead company.

A trial before the court and a jury on March 10th and 11, 1941, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $1848 plus interest of $485.06, making- a total of $2333.06. After an unavailing motion for a new trial, defendant duly appealed.

The petition alleged…