Sokolsky v. Occidental Insurance

OPINION

ROSENBERG, District Judge.

This action was commenced in equity and removed from the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The action was brought by the plaintiff, Leon Sokolsky, who alleges that he is a beneficiary in a policy of insurance written by the defendant, Occidental Insurance Co. The plaintiff asserts that the policy provides for monthly insurance payments because of his total disability; that the defendant had paid for several months and suddenly withheld payments thereafter, and that the plaintiff is in need of proceeds, pursuant to the terms of the insurance policy…