Legal Opinion
Civil Service Employees Insurance v. Blake
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 26, 1966No. Civ. 29959PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFleming, J.
Blake and Carter appeal from a judgment in favor of the insurance company declaring Blake’s automobile insurance policy void from its inception because of fraudulent statements in his application for the policy.
In 1962 Blake obtained automobile insurance by submitting an application in which he answered two questions falsely. The first question was “Have you or any other driver of this car: (A) Any chronic ailment? (espec. Heart disease, Epilepsy, Fainting spells, etc.) ” Blake answered “Yes. In 1950 but none after.” In fact, Blake had had epileptic blackouts continuously from 1949 to at…
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