Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Johnson

Ernest P. Johnson instituted six suits in the civil court of DeKalb County against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to recover for disability benefits alleged to be due him under two lile policies, each containing a disability clause, for the month of August, 1940, and for a number of preceding months. • The defendant generally denied liability. The defendant’s main contention was that the plaintiff, if he had suffered a disability in the past, had recovered therefrom and was not disabled in the terms of the policy, and therefore not entitled to recover in any of the suits. The six suits…