Chavez v. Continental Insurance

Carmen C. Chavez filed a motion for judgment in the trial court against The Continental Insurance Companv seeking to recover the principal sum of $50,000 under an insurance policy providing for such payment for permanent total disability. On her appeal from the final order of the trial court striking her evidence and entering summary judgment for Continental, the only question is whether the evidence presented by Mrs. Chavez was sufficient to create a jury issue.

Mrs. Chavez, the wife of an employee of Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was insured under a group accident policy issued by Continental to…