Legal Opinion
Hurwit v. Prudential I. Co. of America
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 1941No. Civ. 12825PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Plaintiff commenced this action to recover for total and permanent disability payments under a policy of life insurance issued to him by defendant. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and the appeal is taken by defendant from the resulting judgment.
Plaintiff was 58 years of age at the time of the trial. As a youth in the city of New York he had studied at night and in this way had gained the equivalent of a high school education. He also studied accounting for “a couple of months” in a business college. Before going into business for himself plaintiff worked for others for a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. SouthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Cooper v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Garms v. Travelers InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. WigginsSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
- Wright v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
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3Cited by18 opinions
- People v. WilsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Austero v. National Casualty Co. of DetroitCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- Erreca v. Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Moore v. American United Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Hedlund v. Sutter Medical Service Co.California Court of Appeal · 1942
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