Legal Opinion
Barnett v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 3, 1986No. 01-85-0526-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, Justice.
Barnett sued to challenge Aetna’s right to offset the amount of his Veterans Administration benefits from long-term disability payments. The trial court rendered a take-nothing judgment for Aetna. We affirm.
Barnett contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for judgment n.o.v. and in overruling his motion for new trial, because (a) the policy does not allow Aetna to deduct the amount of V.A. benefits from the long-term disability payments; (b) the deduction is prohibited by 38 U.S.C. § 3101(a) (1976); (c) there is no evidence to support the jury’s…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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