Barbato v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the sum of $300 in the Passaic District Court.

The plaintiff was the owner of a policy of insurance issued to him by the Prudential Insurance Company of America. The contract contained a clause under which the insured, upon proof of total and permanent disability, became entitled to the sum of $50 per month for the rest of his life. Proof of disability under the policy was stated to mean physical or mental incapacity to such an extent that the insured is rendered wholly continuously and permanently…