Legal Opinion
Sanders v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 29, 1985No. 70086PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal by a life insurance beneficiary (Sanders) from a grant of summary judgment to the insurer.
Notwithstanding all the arguments of the parties and the findings and conclusions by the trial court, we find a single compelling reason why the grant of summary judgment should be sustained. The insured, Leroy Cash, applied for life insurance September 12, 1983, and on that date, submitted an application in which he denied that he had “in the past 10 years had . . . any . . . disorder of the eyes, ears, nose or throat.” The following day, he visited a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Patterson v. Cotton States Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Sentry Indemnity Co. v. BradyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Globe Indemnity Company v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
- LaCount v. United Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
3Cited by7 opinions
- Davis v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Case v. RGA Insurance ServicesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Greene v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Case v. RGA Insurance ServicesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
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