Legal Opinion
Karcher v. Security Mutual Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 11, 1958No. Appeal, 121PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Gunther, J.,
This appeal is from the order of the court below granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $616.20 which is the amount of the first annual premium paid by the insured. The suit was in assumpsit to recover the proceeds of a $20,000.00 life insurance policy issued to Dr. Karcher.
Dr. Karcher applied to the defendant company for life insurance on January 6, 1953, and a policy was issued on February 11, 1953. The evidence reveals that on the day following the application, he consulted a stomach specialist. The application…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Evans v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Carroll v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Decker v. KuleszaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Prevete v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Rigby v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bird v. Penn Central CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
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- Doell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cambria County1962