Legal Opinion
Dorothy Lee Jacobs v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1988No. 87-1757PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Dorothy Lee Jacobs appeals a summary judgment entered for the Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company (Provident) in Jacobs’ suit to collect on her de ceased son’s life insurance. For the reasons given below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Paul C. Jacobs worked for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (MKT Railroad) and had life insurance from Provident. The premiums were paid at the beginning of each month through a deduction from Jacobs’ MKT paycheck. The insurance policy contained a thirty-one day grace period in which the insured could make a late premium…
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