Williams v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

Onzell L. Williams appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the respondent, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, following a jury trial in St. Louis County Circuit Court on appellant’s claim that he was shot and partially paralyzed due, at least in part, to respondent’s negligent issuance of an insurance policy on his life. We affirm.

On October 20, 1975, an application for a $5,000 insurance policy on appellant’s life was submitted to respondent by Angela Franks who worked as an agent for respondent. On November 1,1975, the policy was issued naming…