Legal Opinion

Norris v. Home Security Life Insurance

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 4, 1979No. 7813DC1032PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEDRICK, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that the provisions of G.S. § 58-251.4 cause the policy of insurance issued to her to also extend coverage to her minor child from the moment of his birth. We disagree. Such a result would contravene the plain and express language contained in G.S. § 58-251.4 which provides as follows:

Every policy of insurance and every hospital service or medical service plan as defined in Chapter 57 of the General Statutes (regardless of whether any of such policies or plans shall be defined as individual, family, group, blanket, franchise, industrial or otherwise) which…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. EdmistenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  2. State v. CampSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  3. Jackson v. Stanwood Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Mai E. Gilley v. Protective Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Rate BureauCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
  3. Discovery Ins. Co. v. The NC Dep't of Ins.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2017
  4. Henry v. North Carolina Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979

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