Thomas v. Thomas

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a breach of contract action arising out of an application for life insurance. Richard I. Thomas applied for life insurance from Monumental Life Insurance Company (Monumental) through its agent, Ronald Thomas, who was also Richard’s *236brother. Richard applied for the insurance on July 2, 1986, and died January 28, 1987 without being issued an insurance policy or being refunded the first month’s premium he had paid at the time of application. Grover Thomas (Grover), the beneficiary of Richard’s life insurance, brought this action against…