White v. Aetna Life Insursance

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order granting a motion for a new trial “upon the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to justify or sustain the verdict,” and a cross-appeal by the defendant from the judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant.

The plaintiff was married to Gerald Richard White on October 14, 1955. They permanently separated shortly after the marriage but were not divorced and were not living together at the time of his death.

Gerald Richard White, sometimes hereinafter referred to as Deceased, had been employed by Douglas Aircraft and by…