Milley v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment entered on March 21, 1975, on a jury verdict for the defendant in an action to collect the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant on the life of the plaintiff’s husband, William Milley, and of which the plaintiff was the named beneficiary. In filling oút the applica*39tion for the insurance the deceased answered in the negative the question, “Have you ever... been treated for alcoholism?” The principal issue before the jury was whether that answer was a false representation of a material fact so as to justify the defendant’s…