Lang v. Monarch Life Insurance Co.

Plaintiff William C. Lang appeals from a judgment entered adversely to him in an action against his insurance carrier, defendant Monarch Life Insurance Company. There is no dispute as to the essential facts of Mr. Lang’s disabled condition and the only question for the court was one of law concerning the construction of the insurance contract. The issue is whether a “rider” to the insurance contract, which provides for lifetime payments in the event the insured loses the “total and irrecoverable 000 use of both feet,” would be construed to give coverage to Lang in his disabled condition. The…