Legal Opinion
Jones v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 21, 1978No. 11283PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Ivory Jones filed an action for himself and the children of his deceased daughter Janis Jones (hereinafter “the insured,” as four of the five appellants have the surname Jones) as beneficiaries of an insurance policy issued on her life. They appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict which was granted in favor of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential). We affirm.
I
On March 28, 1973, the insured applied to Prudential for a life insurance policy. The application form included the following question:
12.Have you . . . ever:
c. used barbiturates,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Archibald Lyles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- In Re Donald Pebsworth, a Witness Before the Special January 1982 Grand Jury. Appeal of Dr. Kersey AntiaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Durant v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Nelson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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