Legal Opinion

Coodley v. New York Life Insurance

California Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1937No. L. A. 15451PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff to recover certain disability benefits alleged to be due from the defendant under the terms of a certain policy of life insurance issued by the defendant company.

The policy of insurance was dated March 5, 1929, and provided, in consideration of the payment of the premiums stated therein, that the company would pay to the son of the plaintiff the sum of $3,000 upon the death of the insured, and in the ease of the permanent disability of the plaintiff before the age of 60 years, the company “agrees to pay to the insured thirty dollars each month and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Dibble v. Reliance Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. MargolisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. New York Life Insurance v. HollenderCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  3. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DormanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
  4. Equitable Life Assurance Society v. GillamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  5. Trousdell v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942

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