Ballard v. North American Life & Casualty Co.

CRAWFORD, Judge.

Defendant, North American Life and Casualty Company (hereinafter Company), appeals from the order of the Chancery Court denying its motion for summary judgment and granting summary judgment to plaintiff, Edith Joan Ballard. Although Company has presented five issues for review, the first and paramount issue involves the construction of a group life insurance policy and the propriety of a summary judgment. Other defendants were originally included in the suit, but the present controversy involves only Company and Mrs. Ballard.

The pertinent facts as established by the pleadings,…