Legal Opinion
Founders Life Assurance Co. v. Poe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 22, 1978No. 33823PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
Certiorari was granted in this case to review Division one of the Court of Appeals’ decision in Founders Life Assur. Co. v. Poe, 145 Ga. App. 757 (245 SE2d 166) (1978), which held that a "suicide” clause contained in the credit life insurance master policy and certificates was ambiguous, and thus did not bar recovery under the facts of the case.
To briefly review the facts, Ansel Poe received a loan from the First National Bank of DeKalb County on November 5,1975, and obtained credit life insurance from Founders Life for the amount of the loan. Thereafter, he renewed the loan…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. DunkenSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Silliman v. International Life InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Baugh v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Morse v. General American Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1935
- Occidental Life Insurance Co. of North Carolina v. HurleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by9 opinions
- Fields v. Blue Shield of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985
- Flynt v. Life of the South Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
- Commonwealth Life Insurance Co. v. JacksonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Swanson Ex Rel. Swanson v. First Fidelity Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1983
- Lazovick v. Sun Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.