Wheeler v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

This is an action to recover $500, plus interest, as the amount of insurance claimed under a disability provision in a policy issued by the defendant society. Plaintiff was employed by the Cook Coffee Company as a salesman from December, 1933, to November, 1935, working on a commission basis. In 1927, the Coffee Company had secured a group life insurance policy for its employees. The policy contained a “total and permanent disability” provision in which defendant agreed to pay the full amount of insurance to any employee who became totally and permanently disabled while employed by the Coffee…