Connelly v. Home Life Insurance Co.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Norma Connelly appeals from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, entered for the defendant, Home Life Insurance Company, in Superior Court, Somerset County. In her complaint Mrs. Connelly claimed death benefits under a group life insurance policy issued by Home Life to the Irving Tanning Company, the employer of her deceased husband, Daniel Connelly. Mrs. Connelly contends on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that Irving Tanning was an agent of Home Life in administering the insurance plan. She also contends that there was sufficient…