Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 16, 1935No. 16202PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESTERFIELD, Judge.
Brooks Marshall, claiming to be totally disabled as a result of an accident while employed by the Southern Pacific Company, brought this suit for $1,500 under a policy of group insurance issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to the Southern Pacific Company for the benefit of its employees. He invoked the provisions of Act No. 310 of 1910, which provide for certain penalties to be assessed against insurers arbitrarily refusing to pay losses due the insured. The case was defended upon the ground that the plaintiff was not totally disabled within the terms of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Crowe v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Indiana Life Endowment Co. v. ReedIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- Buckner v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- B. & O. Employees' Rel. Ass'n v. PostSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Manuel v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Stieffel v. Valentine Sugars, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Custer v. New Orleans Paper Box Factory, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Pete v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
- White v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Craten v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
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