Hatch v. Woodmen Accident & Life Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEEDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Henry Hatch, the beneficiary under life insurance policies issued by the defendant insurer, sued to recover the proceeds. The trial court granted summary judgment for the insurer, voiding the policies for alleged material misrepresentations in the applications for insurance. The plaintiff appeals.

The policies in question included a group insurance policy issued on February 9,1973, in the sum of $7,500 and a decreasing term life insurance policy issued March 1, 1973, for $10,000 to Edwin Hatch, the son of the beneficiary who…