Legal Opinion
Pehle v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 9, 2005No. 03-8068PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Unbeknownst to Wyoming residents Gary and Renna Pehle, husband and wife, they were infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) at the time they applied for life insurance from Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (“Farm Bureau”) in 1999. At the time of the application, Farm Bureau collected the initial premium and arranged for blood tests from the Pehles in furtherance of the application. Blood samples were forwarded for analysis to an independent laboratory, LabOne, which in turn reported the HIV status to the insurance company. On receipt of the information,…
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