Legal Opinion
Box v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 2, 1935No. 7 Div. 317PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is an action for disability benefits provided for in a group policy. The terms of the policy which are controlling are copied in the complaint as follows:
“Any employee under this plan who shall become wholly and permanently disabled while in our employ before reaching the age of 60, either by accidental injury or disease, and is thereby permanently, continuously and wholly prevented from pursuing any and all gainful occupation, will be regarded as a claimant by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Six months after the receipt of- due proof of such disablement, the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commercial Fire Ins. v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Continental Insurance v. ParkesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- Triple Link Mutual Indemnity Ass'n v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Ray v. Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- People's Savings Bank v. JordanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Police & Firemen's Ins. Ass'n v. MullinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Bankers Fire Marine Ins. Co. v. DraperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Webster v. TalleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Hanover Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. SalterAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
- Jones v. BakerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948