Legal Opinion
Great Northern Life Ins. Co. v. Scott
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 4, 1937No. 27151PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCorn, J.
This is a suit for damages for unreasonable delay in passing on an application for insurance. The plaintiff’s theory, briefly stated, is that he had made an application to the defendant company for a policy of health and accident insurance and had paid the first quarterly premium thereon; that it became the duty of the defendant to pass on said application within a reasonable length of time and either accept or reject it; that it failed to act within a reasonable time; that during the interim he was injured and Was not covered by insurance; that had the company acted within a reasonable time,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Security Ins. Co. of New Haven v. CameronSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- Columbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. LemmonsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Meyer v. Central States Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1919
- Travelers Ins. Co. v. TaliaferroSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Mitchell v. MilnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Voss v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1960
- American Life Ins. Co. of Alabama v. HutchesonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1940
- Hayes v. Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- St. Paul Fire Marine Ins. Co. v. CreachSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
- State Farm Life Insurance v. BarbeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
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