Legal Opinion
Wojcik v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 12, 1938PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The plaintiff is named as beneficiary in a policy of insurance issued by the defendant upon the life of her husband. There was attached to the policy a supplementary contract providing for a payment of an additional $5000 in the event of death by accident. The insured was killed by being run over by a railroad train. The defendant paid the loss due under the principal policy but refused to pay anything under the supplementary contract. The plaintiff brought this action to recover upon this contract and has appealed from the judgment for the defendant.
The policy provided that the sum named…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Watkins v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Mallory v. . the Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- O'Dea v. AmodeoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Whitlatch v. . Fidelity and Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Griffith v. Continental Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1923
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Epstein v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Downs v. National Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Fattibene v. KealeyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1989
- G & R Tire Distributors, Inc. v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- O'Brien v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
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