Andrews v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

The determinative question on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in sustaining defendant’s motion for judgment as of nonsuit entered at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. Testing the sufficiency of the evidence, under applicable principles of law, in the light most favorable to plaintiff, and giving to her the benefit of all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, it is manifest that the trial court correctly ruled in granting the nonsuit.

The identical provision, pertaining to total permanent disability has been the subject of four other recent cases in this Court against the…