Legal Opinion
Oglesby v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided May 30, 1995No. Civ. A. 93-224 MMSPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is a diversity action brought by plaintiff John T. Oglesby to collect insurance benefits under a disability policy issued in February 1987 by defendant The Penn Mutual Insurance Company (Penn Mutual). Penn Mutual has denied liability for plaintiffs claim. At summary judgment, Penn Mutual sought and was granted partial rescission of the policy based on plaintiffs concealment of medical information material to Penn Mutual’s risk of insurance. The Court held as a matter of law that when applying for the disability policy,…
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