King v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of plaintiff Lorraine M. King entered in the circuit court of Peoria County in a cause to recover life insurance benefits under a group policy issued by defendant Equitable Life Assurance Society to cover employees of the city of Peoria.

Plaintiff’s husband, Gerald King, was a Peoria police captain in charge of the traffic division who was injured in a fall occurring while he was on duty on January 4, 1979. King’s injuries, which included a broken neck, required that he be hospitalized in traction for a time and further greatly hampered his…