Legal Opinion
Williams v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 7, 1935PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
We review a judgment awarding to an assured full benefits for permanent total disability under a group policy of life insurance.
The plaintiff John E. Williams is an upholstery salesman employed by the defendant H. D. Taylor Company. He is one of a number of employees insured under a policy of fife insurance issued by the defendant insurance company which contains the following provision: “ Permanent Total Disability Benefit. If any Employee shall furnish the Company with due proof that while insured under this policy and before having attained the age of sixty, he has become wholly disabled…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Graf v. Hope Building Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Ginell v. . the Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Ginell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- Garms v. Travelers InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Garms v. Travelers Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
3Cited by19 opinions
- McGrail v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Ross v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1971
- Niccoli v. Monarch Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1972
- Continental Casualty Co. v. NovyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Kloidt v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1939
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