Legal Opinion
Pendleton v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 17, 1970No. Civ. A. 68-1904PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, District Judge:
Plaintiff Abram B. Pendleton brings this suit seeking recovery of certain disability payments allegedly due him under defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company’s Accident and Health Policy No. GL60110; an order directing Aetna to make such payments in the future; recovery of statutory damages and attorney’s fees; and recovery of damages for mental anguish and anxiety allegedly caused by Aetna’s failure to make the requisite payments.
For many years prior to 1966, plaintiff had been employed as an airline pilot by Delta Air Lines, Inc., and its predecessors. In February of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Dependable Insurance Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Johnson v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jagers v. Royal Indemnity CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Lawton v. Great Southwest Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- Davidson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986
- Edna M. Ward, Wife of and Robert L. Ward v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Cassady v. United Insurance Company of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1974
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