Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Western National Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 30, 1991No. F014155PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STONE (W. A.), Acting P. J.—
The Case
This case deals with a common turn of events leading to life insurance litigation: A purchaser of life insurance died after he applied for a policy and paid the first month’s premium, but before the insurance company had an opportunity to accept the application and issue a policy. The company later refiised to pay the proceeds because of an alleged material misrepresentation in the application.
Plaintiff, Doris J. Wilson, stated several causes of action against defendant, Western National Life Insurance Company (Western) following Western’s refusal to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Stationers Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1965
- Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Thompson v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Cohen v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- Telford v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's v. Ted Montford, AKA Theodore F. MontfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- West Coast Life Insurance v. WardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
- Casey by & Through Casey v. Old Line Life Ins. Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1998
- Trinh v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1995
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