Hutchinson v. Penn State Investors Life Insurance

Bowman, J.,

In this motion for judgment n.o.v., defendant, Penn State Investors Life Insurance Company (Penn State) raises one contention which, if sound, would require entry of judgment in its favor notwithstanding a contrary jury verdict.1 The issue raised goes to the fundamental question of whether legal consideration was present to support a promise of Penn State to pay a certain sum of money to plaintiff, James H. Hutchinson.

Considering all of the evidence and reasonable inferences to be taken therefrom in a light most favorable to the verdict winner (Schreckengost v. Kraft, 415 Pa. 567…