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Laurendeau v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 7, 1950No. 598PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCleary, J.

This is an action of contract brought by Eleanor D. Laurendeau of St. Albans, Vt., the surviving widow and beneficiary named in a life insurance policy of Harry D. Laurendeau, against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Laurendeau entered the military service of the United States in time of war on April 7,1943, and was killed on October 10,1944, by being thrown from an automobile while on a pleasure trip and while on a ten day furlough.

The life insurance policy is dated February 26, 1937. It included a supplementary contract for double indemnity for accidental death provided “that death…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Coit v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Kelly v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Boatwright v. American Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
  4. Jorgenson v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1947
  5. Myli v. American Life InsuranceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1919

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. O'Daniell v. Missouri InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960
  2. Sperling v. Allstate Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2007
  3. Gudewicz v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  4. New York Life Ins. Co. v. White. White v. New York Life Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
  5. Sperling v. Allstate Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2007

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