Carabelli v. Mountain States Life Insurance Co.

Plaintiff brought this action upon an insurance policy seeking to recover the sum of $1650 claimed to be due for “confining illness” benefits for 22 months at the rate of $75 per month. Upon a trial by jury, plaintiff had judgment as prayed, from which judgment defendants appeal.

The pertinent provisions of the insurance policy were as follows:

‘ ‘ Confining Illness. The Company will pay at the rate of $75.00 per month "for disability resulting from disease, the cause of which originates more than fifteen days after the date of this policy, and which confines the Insured continuously within…